sarssm 1.0.0

Selected algorithms for surface soil moisture (SSM) estimation from SAR data

SAR SSM package

Selected algorithms for surface soil moisture (SSM) estimation from SAR data.

Installation (editable mode)

• clone this repository
• activate a virtual environment (e.g. conda)
• install this package (in editable mode) with pip install -e ./sarssm/

List of relevant papers

The code is based on the following papers.

Dielectrics to Moisture Conversion

M. T. Hallikainen, F. T. Ulaby, M. C. Dobson, M. A. El-rayes and L.-k. Wu
Microwave Dielectric Behavior of Wet Soil-Part 1: Empirical Models and Experimental Observations
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1985
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.1985.289497

G. C. Topp, J. L. Davis, A. P. Annan
Electromagnetic determination of soil water content: Measurements in coaxial transmission lines
Water Resources Research, 1980
DOI: 10.1029/WR016i003p00574

Fawwaz T. Ulaby and Mohamed A. El-Rayes
Microwave Dielectric Spectrum of Vegetation Part II: Dual-Dispersion Model
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, September 1987
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.1987.289833

PolSAR

I. Hajnsek, E. Pottier and S. R. Cloude
Inversion of surface parameters from polarimetric SAR
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, April 2003
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.810702

S. R. Cloude and E. Pottier
A review of target decomposition theorems in radar polarimetry
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1996
DOI: 10.1109/36.485127

InSAR

F. De Zan, A. Parizzi, P. Prats-Iraola and P. López-Dekker
A SAR Interferometric Model for Soil Moisture
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Jan. 2014
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2241069.