Retrieving near-surface soil moisture from microwave radiometric observations: Current status and future plans

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 489-506

  Wigneron, J P ^a   Calvet, J C ^b   Pellarin, T ^b   Van De Griend, A A ^c   Berger, M ^d   Ferrazzoli, P ^e  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ESTEC ESA Land Surfaces Unit   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microwave; Near surface soil moisture; Radiometric

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MOISTURE CONTROL; SOILS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SOIL MOISTURE;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037686668     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00051-8     Document Type: Review

References (98)

1. Ahmed, N. U. (1995). Estimating soil moisture from 6.6 GHz dual polarization, and/or satellite derived vegetation index. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 16(4), 687-708.
2. Burke, E. J., Gurney, R. J., Simmonds, L., & Jackson, T. J. (1997). Calibrating a soil water and energy budget model with remotely sensed data to obtain quantitative information about the soil. Water Resources Research, 33(7), 1689-1697.
3. Calvet, J. -C., Chanzy, A., & Wigneron, J. -P. (1996). Surface temperature and soil moisture retrieval in the Sahel from airborne multifrequency microwave radiometry. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 34(2), 588-600.
4. Calvet, J. -C., Noilhan, J., & Bessemoulin, P. (1998). Retrieving the root-zone soil moisture from surface soil moisture or temperature estimates: a feasibility study based on field measurements. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 37(4), 371-386.
5. Calvet, J. -C., Wigneron, J. -P., Chanzy, A., & Haboudane, D. (1995). Retrieval of surface parameters from microwave radiometry over open canopies at high frequencies. Remote Sensing of Environment, 53, 46-60.
6. Calvet, J. -C., Wigneron, J. -P., Mougin, E., Kerr, Y. H., & Brito, J. L. (1994). Plant water content and temperature of the Amazon forest from satellite microwave radiometry. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 32, 397-408.
7. Chanzy, A., Raju, J., & Wigneron, J. -P. (1997). Estimation of soil microwave effective temperature at L and C bands. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 35(3), 570-580.
8. Chanzy, A., Schmugge, T. J., Calvet, J. -C., Kerr, Y., van Oevelen, P., Grosjean, O., & Wang, J. R. (1997). Airborne microwave radiometry on a semi-arid area during Hapex-Sahel. Journal of Hydrology, 188-189, 285-309.
9. Chanzy, A., & Wigneron, J. -P. (2000). Microwave emission from soil and vegetation. In C. Mätzler (Ed.), COST action 712 final report: radiative transfer models for microwave radiometry (pp. 89-103). Brussels, Belgium: European Commission (EUR 19543 EN).
10. Choudhury, B. J. (1989). Monitoring global land surface using Nimbus-7 37 GHz data - theory and examples. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 10(10), 1579-1605.
11. Choudhury, B. J. (1990). Monitoring arid lands using AVHRR-observed visible reflectance and SMMR-37 GHz polarization difference. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 11(10), 1949-1956.
12. Choudhury, B. J., & Golus, R. E. (1988). Estimating soil wetness using satellite data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 9, 1251-1257.
13. Choudhury, B. J., Schmugge, T. J., Chang, A., & Newton, R. W. (1979). Effect of surface roughness on the microwave emission from soils. Journal of Geophysical Research, 84, 5699-5706.
14. Choudhury, B. J., Schmugge, T. J., & Mo, T. (1982). A parameterization of effective soil temperature for microwave emission. Journal of Geophysical Research, 87(C2), 1301-1304.
15. Choudhury, B. J., Tucker, C. J., Golus, R. E., & Newcomb, W. W. (1987). Monitoring vegetation using Nimbus-7 scanning multichannel microwave radiometer's data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 8(3), 533-538.
16. Davis, D. T., Chen, Z., Hwang, J. -N., Tsang, L., & Njoku, E. (1995). Solving inverse problems by Bayesian iterative inversion of a forward model with applications to parameter mapping using SMMR remote sensing data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 33(5), 1182-1192.
17. Davis, D. T., Chen, Z., Tsang, L., Hwang, J. -N., & Chang, A. T. C. (1993). Retrieval of snow parameters by iterative inversion of a neural network. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 31 (4), 842-851.
18. Dobson, M. C., Ulaby, F. T., Hallikainen, M. T., & El-Reyes, M. A. (1985). Microwave dielectric behavior of wet soil: Part II. Dielectric mixing models. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 23, 35-46.
19. Eagleman, J. R., & Lin, W. C. (1976). Remote sensing of soil moisture by a 21-cm passive radiometer. Journal of Geophysical Research, 81, 3660-3666.
20. Entekhabi, D., Nakamura, H., & Njoku, E. G. (1994). Solving the inverse problem for soil moisture and temperature profiles by sequential assimilation of multifrequency remotely sensed observations. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 32, 438-447.
21. Ferrazzoli, P., & Guerriero, L. (1995). Modeling microwave emission from vegetation-covered surfaces: a parametric analysis. In B. Choudhury, Y. Kerr, E. Njoku, & P. Pampaloni (Eds.), Proceedings of the ESA/NASA international workshop on passive microwave remote sensing research, St. Lary. France, January 11-15, 1993 (pp. 389-402). Zeist, the Netherlands: VSP.
22. Ferrazzoli, P., Guerriero, L., Paloscia, S., & Pampaloni, P. (1995a). Potential of multifrequency techniques in microwave radiometry of crops. In D. Solimini (Ed.), Microwave radiometry and remote sensing of the environment (pp. 391-400). Zeist, the Netherlands: VSP.
23. Ferrazzoli, P., Guerriero, L., Paloscia, S., & Pampaloni, P. (1995b). Modeling X and Ka band emission from leafy vegetation. Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, 9, 393-406.
24. Ferrazzoli, P., Guerriero, L., & Wigneron, J. -P. (2002). Simulating L-band emission of forests in view of future satellite applications. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 40(12), 2700-2708.
25. Ferrazzoli, P., Paloscia, S., Pampaloni, P., Schiavon, G., Solimini, D., & Coppo, P. (1992). Sensitivity of microwave measurements to vegetation biomass and soil moisture content: a case study. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 30, 750-756.
26. Ferrazzoli, P., Wigneron, J. -P., Guerriero, L., & Chanzy, A. (2000). Multi-frequency emission of wheat: modeling and applications. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 38, 2598-2607.
27. Galantowicz, J. F., Entekhabi, D., & Njoku, E. G. (1999). Tests of sequential data assimilation for retrieving profile soil moisture and temperature from observed L-band radiobrightness. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 37, 1860-1870.
28. Hallikainen, M. T., Jolma, P. A., & Hyypä, J. M. (1988). Satellite microwave radiometry of forest and surface types in Finland. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 26(5), 622-628.
29. Jackson, T. J., Le Vine, D. M., Hsu, A. Y., Oldak, A., Starks, P. J., Swift, C. T., Isham, J. D., & Haken, M. (1999). Soil moisture mapping at regional scales using microwave radiometry: the Southern Great Plains Hydrology Experiment. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 37, 2136-2150.
30. Jackson, T. J., Le Vine, D. M., Swift, C. T., Schmugge, T. J., & Schiebe, F. R. (1995). Large area mapping of soil moisture using the ESTAR passive microwave radiometer in Washita '92. Remote Sensing of Environment, 53, 27-37.
31. Jackson, T. J., & O'Neill, P. E. (1987). Salinity effects on the microwave emission of soil. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 25, 214-220.
32. Jackson, T. J., & Schmugge, T. J. (1991). Vegetation effects on the microwave emission of soils. Remote Sensing of Environment, 36, 203-212.
33. Jackson, T. J., Schmugge, T. J., & Wang, J. R. (1982). Passive microwave sensing of soil moisture under vegetation canopies. Water Resources Research, 18, 1137-1142.
34. Justice, C. O., Townshend, J. R., & Choudhury, B. J. (1989). Comparison of AVHRR and SMMR data for monitoring vegetation phenology on a continental scale. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 10, 1607-1632.
35. Karam, M. A. (1997). A physical model for microwave radiometry of vegetation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 35(4), 1045-1058.
36. Kerr, Y. H., & Njoku, E. G. (1990). A semiempirical model for interpreting microwave emission from semiarid land surfaces as seen from space. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 28, 384-393.
37. Kerr, Y. H., & Njoku, E. G. (1993). On the use of passive microwaves at 37 GHz in remote sensing of vegetation. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 10, 1931-1943.
38. Kerr, Y. H., Waldteufelm, P., Wigneron, J. -P., Font, J., & Berger, M. (2001). Soil moisture retrieval from space: the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39(8), 1729-1735.
39. Kerr, Y. H., & Wigneron, J. P. (1995). Vegetation models and observations - a review. In B. Choudhury, Y. Kerr, E. Njoku, P. Pampaloni (Eds.), Proceedings of the ESA/NASA international workshop on passive microwave remote sensing research, St. Lary, France, January 11-15, 1993 (pp. 317-344). Zeist, the Netherlands: VSP.
40. Le Vine, D. M., & Karam, M. A. (1996). Dependence of attenuation in a vegetation canopy on frequency and plant water content. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 34, 1090-1096.
41. Li, L., Vivekanandan, J., Chan, C. H., & Tsang, L. (1997). Microwave radiometric technique to retrieve vapor, liquid and ice: Part I. Development of a neural network-based inversion method. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 35(2), 224-236.
42. Linsley, R. K., Kohler, J. R., & Paulhus, J. L. H. (1975). Hydrology for engineers (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
43. Liou, Y. -A., Liu, S. F., & Wang, W. J. (2001). Retrieving soil moisture from simulated brightness temperatures by a neural network. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39(8), 1662-1672.
44. Liou, Y. -A., Tzeng, Y. C., & Chen, K. S. (1999). A neural-network approach to radiometric sensing of land-surface parameters. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 37(6), 2718-2724.
45. Liu, S. F., Liou, Y. -A., Wang, W. J., Wigneron, J. -P., & Lee, J. B. (2002). Retrieval of crop biomass and soil moisture from measured 1.4 and 10.65 brightness temperatures. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 40(6), 1260-1268.
46. Magagi, R. D., Kerr, Y. H., & Meunier, J. -C. (2000). Results of combining L- and C-band passive microwave airborne data over the Sahelian area. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 38(4), 1997-2008.
47. Mätzler, C. (1994). Passive microwave signatures of landscapes in winter. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 54, 241-260.
48. Mätzler, C. (2000). COST 712: application of microwave radiometry to atmospheric research and monitoring: Project 1. Development of radiative transfer models (174 pp). Final report, European Commission (EUR 19543 EN), Brussels, Belgium.
49. Mätzler, C., & Standley, A. (2000). Technical note - relief effects for passive microwave remote sensing. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 21(12), 2403-2412.
50. Mo, T., & Schmugge, T. J. (1987). A parameterization of the effect of surface roughness on microwave emission. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 25, 47-54.
51. Neale, C. M. U., McFarland, M. J., & Chang, K. (1990). Land-surface-type classification using microwave brightness temperatures from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 28, 829-838.
52. Newton, R. W., Black, Q. R., Makanvand, S., Blanchard, A. J., & Jean, B. R. (1982). Soil moisture information and thermal microwave emission. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 20, 275-281.
53. Njoku, E. G., & Entekhabi, D. (1996). Passive microwave remote sensing of soil moisture. Journal of Hydrology, 184, 101-129.
54. Njoku, E. G., & Li, L. (1999). Retrieval of land surface parameters using passive microwave measurements at 6-18 GHz. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 37(1), 79-93.
55. Owe, M., de Jeu, R., & Walker, J. (2001). A methodology for surface soil moisture and vegetation optical depth retrieval using the Microwave Polarization Difference Index. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39(8), 1643-1654.
56. Owe, M., Van de Griend, A. A., & Chang, A. T. C. (1992). Surface soil moisture and satellite passive microwave observations in semi-arid Southern Africa. Water Resources Research, 28(30), 829-839.
57. Pardé, M., Wigneron, J. P., Chanzy, A., Waldteufel, P., Kerr, Y., & Huet, S. (2002). Using passive multi-angular and bi-polarization microwave measurements to retrieve soil moisture over a wheat field, comparison of different methods. Remote Sensing of Environment (submitted for publication).
58. Pellarin, T., Calvet, J. -C., & Wigneron, J. -P. (2003). Surface soil moisture retrieval from L-band radiometry: a global regression study. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (in press).
59. Pellarin, T., Wigneron, J. -P., Calvet, J. -C., & Waldteufel, P. (2003). Global soil moisture retrieval from a synthetic L-band brightness temperature data set. Journal of Geophysical Research (in press).
60. Press, W. H., Flannery, B. P., Teukolsky, S. A., & Vetterling, W. T. (1986). Numerical recipes - the art of scientific computing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
61. Pulliainen, J., & Hallikainen, M. (2001). Retrieval of regional snow water equivalent from space-borne passive microwave observations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 75, 76-85.
62. Pulliainen, J., Ka√rnä, J. -P., & Hallikainen, M. (1993). Development of geophysical retrieval algorithms for the MIMR. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 31(1), 268-277.
63. Raju, S., Chanzy, A., Wigneron, J. -P., Calvet, J. -C., Kerr, Y., & Laguerre, L. (1995). Soil moisture and temperature profile effects on microwave emission at low frequencies. Remote Sensing of Environment, 54, 85-97.
64. Reichle, R. H., Entekhabi, D., & McLaughlin, D. B. (2001). Downscaling of radiobrightness measurements for soil moisture estimation: a four-dimensional variational data assimilation approach. Water Resources Research, 37(9), 2353-2364.
65. Saxton, K. E., & Lenz, A. T. (1967). Antecedent retention indexes predict soil moisture. Journal of the Hydraulics Division, 93, 223-241.
66. Schmugge, T. (1998). Applications of passive microwave observations of surface soil moisture. Journal of Hydrology, 212-213, 188-197.
67. Schmugge, T, Gloersen, P., Wilheit, T. T., & Geiger, F. (1974). Remote sensing of soil moisture with microwave radiometers. Journal of Geophysical Research, 79(2), 317-323.
68. Schmugge, T., & Jackson, T. J. (1994). Mapping soil moisture with microwave radiometers. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 54, 213-223.
69. Shutko, A. M. (1982). Microwave radiometry of lands under natural and artificial moistening. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 20(1), 18-26.
70. Stogryn, A. P., Butler, C. T., & Bartolac, T. J. (1994). Ocean surface wind retrievals from special sensor microwave imager data with neural networks. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, 981-984.
71. Teng, W. L., Wang, J. R., & Doraiswamy, P. C. (1993). Relationship between satellite microwave radiometric data, Antecedent Precipitation Index, and regional soil moisture. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 14(13), 2483-2500.
72. Theis, S. W., Blanchard, B. J., & Newton, R. W. (1984). Utilization of vegetation indices to improve microwave soil moisture estimates over agricultural lands. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 22, 490-496.
73. Tsang, L., Chen, Z., Oh, S., Marks, R. J., & Chang, A. T. C. (1992). Inversion of snow parameters from passive remote sensing microwave measurements by a neural network trained with a multiple scattering model. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 30, 1015-1024.
74. Tsang, L., & Kong, J. A. (1980). Thermal microwave emission from a three-layer random medium with three dimensional variations. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 18, 212-216.
75. Tsang, L., Kong, J. A., & Shin, T. S. (1985). Theory of microwave remote sensing. New York: Wiley-Interscience.
76. Ulaby, F. T., Moore, R. K., & Fung, A. K. (1981-1986). Microwave remote sensing-active and passive, vols. I and II, 1981-1982, Addison-Wesley Publishing; vol. III, 1986, Norwood, MA: Artech House.
77. Ulaby, F. T., Razani, M., & Dobson, M. C. (1983). Effects of vegetation cover on the microwave radiometric sensitivity to soil moisture. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 21, 51-61.
78. Ulaby, F. T., & Wilson, E. A. (1985). Microwave attenuation properties of vegetation canopies. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 23, 746-753.
79. Van de Griend, A. A. (2001). The effective thermodynamic temperature of the emitting surface at 6.6 GHz and consequences for soil moisture monitoring from space. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39(8), 1673-1679.
80. Van de Griend, A. A., & Owe, M. (1993). Determination of microwave vegetation optical depth and single scattering albedo from large scale soil moisture and Nimbus/SMMR satellite observations. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 14(10), 1875-1886.
81. Van de Griend, A. A., & Owe, M. (1994a). Microwave vegetation optical depth and inverse modelling of soil emissivity using Nimbus/SMMR satellite observations. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 54, 225-239.
82. Van de Griend, A. A., & Owe, M. (1994b). The influence of polarization on canopy transmission properties at 6.6 GHz and implications for large scale soil moisture monitoring in semi-arid environments. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 32, 409-415.
83. Van de Griend, A. A., Owe, M., de Ruiter, J., & Gouweleeuw, B. T. (1996). Measurement and behavior of dual-polarization vegetation optical depth and single scattering albedo at 1.4- and 5-GHz microwave frequencies. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 34(4), 957-965.
84. Van de Griend, A. A., & Wigneron, J. P. (2003). Canopy extinction and single scattering albedo in the microwave region as a function of frequency, polarization, incidence angle and canopy type. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (submitted).
85. Verstraete, M. M., Pinty, B., & Myeni, R. B. (1996). Potential and limitations of information extraction on the terrestrial biosphere from satellite remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment, 58, 201-214.
86. Wang, J. R. (1985). Effect of vegetation on soil moisture sensing observed from orbiting microwave radiometers. Remote Sensing of Environment, 17, 141-151.
87. Wang, J. R., & Choudhury, B. J. (1981). Remote sensing of soil moisture content over bare field at 1.4 GHz frequency. Journal of Geophysical Research, 86, 5277-5282.
88. Wang, J. R., McMurtrey, J. E., Engman, E. T., Jackson, T. J., Schmugge, T. J., Gould, W. I., Fuchs, J. E., & Glazar, W. S. (1982). Radiometric measurements over bare and vegetated fields at 1.4-GHz and 5-GHz frequencies. Remote Sensing of Environment, 12, 295-311.
89. Wang, J. R., O'Neill, P. E., Jackson, T. J., & Engman, E. T. (1983). Multi-frequency measurements of the effects of soil moisture, soil texture, and surface roughness. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 21, 44-51.
90. Wang, J. R., & Schmugge, T. J. (1980). An empirical model for the complex dielectric permittivity of soils as a function of water content. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 18(4), 288-295.
91. Wang, J. R., Shiue, J. C., Schmugge, T. J., & Engman, E. T. (1990). The L-band PBMR measurements of surface soil moisture in FIFE. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 28, 906-913.
92. Wigneron, J. -P., Calvet, J. -C., & Kerr, Y. (1996). Monitoring water interception by crop fields from passive microwave observations. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 80, 177-194.
93. Wigneron, J. -P., Calvet, J. -C., Kerr, Y. H., Chanzy, A., & Lopes, A. (1993). Microwave emission of vegetation: sensitivity to leaf characteristics. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 31, 716-726.
94. Wigneron, J. -P., Chanzy, A., Calvet, J. -C., & Bruguier, N. (1995). A simple algorithm to retrieve soil moisture and vegetation biomass using passive microwave measurements over crop fields. Remote Sensing of Environment, 51, 331-341.
95. Wigneron, J. -P., Chanzy, A., Calvet, J. -C., Olioso, A., & Kerr, Y. (2002). Modeling approaches to assimilating L-band passive microwave observations over land surfaces. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, D14.
96. Wigneron, J. -P., Kerr, Y., Chanzy, A., & Jin, Y. Q. (1993). Inversion of surface parameters from passive microwave measurements over a soybean field. Remote Sensing of Environment, 46, 61-72.
97. Wigneron, J. -P., Laguerre, L., & Kerr, Y. (2001). Simple modeling of the L-band microwave emission from rough agricultural soils. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39(8), 1697-1707.
98. Wigneron, J. -P., Waldteufel, P., Chanzy, A., Calvet, J. -C., & Kerr, Y. (2000). Two-D microwave interferometer retrieval capabilities of over land surfaces (SMOS Mission). Remote Sensing of Environment, 73, 270-282.