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Limitations in Validating Derived Soil Water Content from Thermal/Optical Measurements Using the Simplified Triangle Method.

Authors :
Aliyu Kasim, Abba
Nahum Carlson, Toby
Shehu Usman, Haruna
Source :
Remote Sensing. Apr2020, Vol. 12 Issue 7, p1155. 1p.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

We assess the validity of the surface moisture availability parameter (Mo) derived from satellite-based optical/thermal measurements using the simplified triangle method. First, we show that Mo values obtained from the simplified triangle method agree closely with those generated from a soil/vegetation/atmosphere/transfer (SVAT) model for scenes over a field site at the Allahabad district, India. Next, we compared Mo values from the simplified triangle method for these same overpass scenes with surface soil water content measured at depths of 5 and 15 cm at this field site. Although a very weak correlation exists between remotely sensed values of Mo for the full scenes and measured soil water content measured at both depths, correlations increasingly improve for the 5 cm samples (but not for the 15 cm samples) as pixels were limited to increasingly smaller vegetation fractions. We conclude that the simplified triangle method would yield reasonable values of Mo and demonstrate good agreement with ground measurements, provided that validation is limited to pixels with little or no vegetation and to soil depths of 5 cm or less. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20724292
Volume :
12
Issue :
7
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Remote Sensing
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
142836043
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12071155