Analysis of P band radar signal potential to retrieve soil moisture profile

Mehrez Zribi (1) , M. Sahnoun (1) , Richard Dusséaux (2) , Saddek Afifi (3) , Nicolas Baghdadi (4) , A. Benhamida (5)

1 CESBIO - Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère
2 ESTER - LATMOS
3 UBMA - Université Badji Mokhtar Annaba
4 IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture
5 TIEM, ENIS - Unité de Recherche en Traitement de l'Information et en Electronique Médicale

We propose an analysis of P band radar signal potential to retrieve soil moisture root profile. Our analysis is based on two electromagnetic models, the small perturbation method and the small slope approximation. There models consider electromagnetic scattering from three-dimensional layered structures with an arbitrary number of rough surfaces. Simulations are proposed for different types of moisture profiles, for different hydrological conditions.

Keywords: Moisture profile; small perturbation model; Small Slope Approximation; Rough layered surfaces

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences; Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]; Engineering Sciences [physics]; Electromagnetism

Mehrez Zribi, M. Sahnoun, Richard Dusséaux, Saddek Afifi, Nicolas Baghdadi, et al.. Analysis of P band radar signal potential to retrieve soil moisture profile. 2nd International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Signal and Image Processing (ATSIP), Mar 2016, Monastir, Tunisia. pp.591-595, ⟨10.1109/ATSIP.2016.7523150⟩. ⟨insu-01355272⟩