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Improving the accuracy of soil moisture retrievals using the phase difference of the dual-polarization GNSS-R interference patterns

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Názov:	Improving the accuracy of soil moisture retrievals using the phase difference of the dual-polarization GNSS-R interference patterns
Autori:	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Teoria del Senyal i Comunicacions, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. RSLAB - Grup de Recerca en Teledetecció, Alonso Arroyo, Alberto, Camps Carmona, Adriano José, Aguasca Solé, Alberto, Forte, G., Monerris Belda, Sandra, Ruediger, Christoph, Walker, Jeffrey, Hyuk, Park, Pascual, D., Onrubia Ibáñez, Raúl
Informácie o vydavateľovi:	2014-12-01
Druh dokumentu:	Electronic Resource
Abstrakt:	Soil moisture (SM) is a key parameter in the climate studies at a global scale and a very important parameter in applications such as precision agriculture at a local scale. The Global Navigation Satellite Systems Interference Pattern Technique (IPT) has proven to be a useful technique for the determination of SM, based on observations at vertical polarization (V-Pol) due to the Brewster angle. The IPT can be applied at both V-Pol and horizontal polarization (H-Pol) at the same time, observing the Brewster angle only at V-Pol. This letter presents a measurement technique based on tracking the phase difference between V-Pol and H-Pol interference patterns to improve the accuracy of the Brewster angle determination and, consequently, that of the SM retrievals. This technique benefits from the different phase behavior of the reflection coefficients between H-Pol and V-Pol in the angular observation range. To be sensitive to the phase difference, the Rayleigh criterion for smooth surfaces must be accomplished. This technique is not sensitive to topography as it is intrinsically corrected. Experimental results are presented to validate the proposed algorithm. Peer Reviewed Postprint (author’s final draft)
Témy:	Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica, Global Positioning System, Soil moisture, Interferometry, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R), Interference Pattern Technique (IPT), Soil moisture (SM), GPS bistatic radar, Reflectometry, Permittivity, GNSS (Sistema de navegació), Sòls -- Propietats físico-químiques, Sistema de posicionament global, Interferometria, Article
URL:	http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24152
Dostupnosť:	Open access content. Open access content Open Access
Poznámka:	5 p. application/pdf English
Other Numbers:	HGF oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/24152 Alonso-Arroyo, A. [et al.]. Improving the accuracy of soil moisture retrievals using the phase difference of the dual-polarization GNSS-R interference patterns. "IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters", 01 Desembre 2014, vol. 11, núm. 12, p. 2090-2094. 1545-598X 10.1109/LGRS.2014.2320052 1132974589
Prispievajúcí zdroj:	UNIV POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA From OAIster®, provided by the OCLC Cooperative.
Prístupové číslo:	edsoai.on1132974589
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Abstrakt:	Soil moisture (SM) is a key parameter in the climate studies at a global scale and a very important parameter in applications such as precision agriculture at a local scale. The Global Navigation Satellite Systems Interference Pattern Technique (IPT) has proven to be a useful technique for the determination of SM, based on observations at vertical polarization (V-Pol) due to the Brewster angle. The IPT can be applied at both V-Pol and horizontal polarization (H-Pol) at the same time, observing the Brewster angle only at V-Pol. This letter presents a measurement technique based on tracking the phase difference between V-Pol and H-Pol interference patterns to improve the accuracy of the Brewster angle determination and, consequently, that of the SM retrievals. This technique benefits from the different phase behavior of the reflection coefficients between H-Pol and V-Pol in the angular observation range. To be sensitive to the phase difference, the Rayleigh criterion for smooth surfaces must be accomplished. This technique is not sensitive to topography as it is intrinsically corrected. Experimental results are presented to validate the proposed algorithm.<br />Peer Reviewed<br />Postprint (author’s final draft)