scholarly journals Using an artificial neural network to enhance the spatial resolution of satellite soil moisture products based on soil thermal inertia

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingyan Meng ◽  
Linlin Zhang ◽  
Qiuxia Xie ◽  
Shun Yao ◽  
Xu Chen ◽  
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Soil moisture is the basic condition required for crop growth and development. Gaofen-3 (GF-3) is the first C-band synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite of China, offering broad land and ocean imaging applications, including soil moisture monitoring. This study developed an approach to estimate soil moisture in agricultural areas from GF-3 data. An inversion technique based on an artificial neural network (ANN) is introduced. The neural network was trained and tested on a training sample dataset generated from the Advanced Integral Equation Model. Incidence angle and HH or VV polarization data were used as input variables of the ANN, with soil moisture content (SMC) and surface roughness as the output variables. The backscattering contribution from the vegetation was eliminated using the water cloud model (WCM). The acquired soil backscattering coefficients of GF-3 and in situ measurement data were used to validate the SMC estimation algorithm, which achieved satisfactory results (R2 = 0.736; RMSE = 0.042). These results highlight the contribution of the combined use of the GF-3 synthetic-aperture radar and Landsat-8 images based on an ANN method for improving SMC estimates and supporting hydrological studies.


2019 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. 01017
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
Shuya Wang ◽  
Jianxia Chang ◽  
Dan Bai

Research on soil moisture estimation models can effectively improve the growth environment of crops. In this paper, the author studied the artificial neural network and variation pattern of soil moisture. Then, application of the model for water diversion estimation was explored based on artificial neural network. On this basis, an optimization algorithm was presented to simulate water diversion. Furthermore, a model for remote sensing of soil moisture dynamics was applied to artificial neural network. It has been proven that the research can optimize the application of the proposed model, laying a solid foundation for future study.


Author(s):  
Sumit Kumar Chaudhary ◽  
Jyoti Sharma ◽  
Dileep Kumar Gupta ◽  
Prashant K. Srivastava ◽  
Rajendra Prasad ◽  
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