Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture

Table 9

Summary of parameters input to the radiative transfer model for simulation of PALS brightness temperatures [41].

(a) Media and sensor parameters
Vegetation:
Single scattering albedo, 𝜔	0.1
Opacity coefficient, 𝑏	0.086 (soy), 0.12 (corn)
Soil:
Roughness coefficients, ℎ (cm) and 𝑄	ℎ-calibrated
	𝑄=0.
Bulk density (g cm^−3)	in-situ
Sand and clay mass fractions, 𝑠 and 𝑐	CONUS-SOIL dataset
Sensor:
Viewing angle, 𝜃 (deg)	45
Frequency, 𝑓 (GHz)	1.41, 2.69
Polarization	H, V
(b) Media variables
Land surface:
Surface soil moisture, 𝑚𝑣 (g cm^−3)	In-situ
Vegetation water content, 𝑤𝑐 (kg m^−2)	Landsat TM
Surface temperature, 𝑡 (K)	In-situ