A Semi-Empirical SNR Model for Soil Moisture Retrieval Using GNSS SNR Data

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第一作者： Han, Mutian

作者： Han, Mutian;Zhu, Yunlong;Yang, Dongkai;Hong, Xuebao;Song, Shuhui

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关键词： Global Navigation Satellite System Interferometry and Reflectometry (GNSS-IR); soil moisture; semi-empirical Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) model; quality of fit; reconstruction

期刊名称：REMOTE SENSING （ 影响因子：4.848； 五年影响因子：5.353 ）

ISSN： 2072-4292

年卷期： 2018 年 10 卷 2 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： The Global Navigation Satellite System-Interferometry and Reflectometry (GNSS-IR) technique on soil moisture remote sensing was studied. A semi-empirical Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) model was proposed as a curve-fitting model for SNR data routinely collected by a GNSS receiver. This model aims at reconstructing the direct and reflected signal from SNR data and at the same time extracting frequency and phase information that is affected by soil moisture as proposed by K. M. Larson et al. This is achieved empirically through approximating the direct and reflected signal by a second-order and fourth-order polynomial, respectively, based on the well-established SNR model. Compared with other models (K. M. Larson et al., T. Yang et al.), this model can improve the Quality of Fit (QoF) with little prior knowledge needed and can allow soil permittivity to be estimated from the reconstructed signals. In developing this model, we showed how noise affects the receiver SNR estimation and thus the model performance through simulations under the bare soil assumption. Results showed that the reconstructed signals with a grazing angle of 5 degrees-15 degrees were better for soil moisture retrieval. The QoF was improved by around 45%, which resulted in better estimation of the frequency and phase information. However, we found that the improvement on phase estimation could be neglected. Experimental data collected at Lamasquere, France, were also used to validate the proposed model. The results were compared with the simulation and previous works. It was found that the model could ensure good fitting quality even in the case of irregular SNR variation. Additionally, the soil moisture calculated from the reconstructed signals was about 15% closer in relation to the ground truth measurements. A deeper insight into the Larson model and the proposed model was given at this stage, which formed a possible explanation of this fact. Furthermore, frequency and phase information extracted using this model were also studied for their capability to monitor soil moisture variation. Finally, phenomena such as retrieval ambiguity and error sensitivity were stated and discussed.

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