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

Mehrez Zribi (1) , Mouna Sahnoun (2, 1) , Richard Dusséaux (3) , Saddek Afifi (4) , Nicolas Baghdadi (5) , Ahmed Ben Hamida (2)

1 CESBIO - Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère
2 ENIS - École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax | National School of Engineers of Sfax
3 ESTER - LATMOS
4 UBMA - Université Badji Mokhtar Annaba
5 UMR TETIS - Territoires, Environnement, Télédétection et Information Spatiale

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: Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]; Electromagnetism

Mehrez Zribi, Mouna 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⟩