Optical/microwave data integration for estimating soil moisture vegetation biomass (MIDA) (DTA.AD004.278)

Thematic area

Earth system science and environmental technologies

Project area

Structure responsible for the research project

Institute of applied physics "Nello Carrara" (IFAC)

Project manager

SIMONETTA PALOSCIA
Phone number: 055 5226494
Email: s.paloscia@ifac.cnr.it

Abstract

The significant amount of data available from different satellites in various frequencies and polarizations encourages the exploiting of the synergy among optical and microwave data and data acquired from active and passive sensors.
Some earth's surface parameters would benefit from this synergy taking advantage of the high spatial resolution and land classification capability of optical sensors combined with the sensitivity to water content and significant penetration into the surfaces typical of microwave sensors.
Two land parameters which would profit of this synergy are in particular soil moisture content (SM) and vegetation biomass (the latter expressed as plant water content, PWC).

Start date of activity

01/07/2019

Keywords

biomassa, umidità suolo

Last update: 07/06/2025