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Citation	Musiake, K., T. Oki, and K Wakasa. “Verification Experiment of Extraction of Soil Moisture Information Using SAR Mounted on J ERS-1 / ERS-1.” In Space Informatics for Grassland Sustainable Development. Proceedings of the First International Seminar on Space Informatics for Sustainable Development: Grassland Monitoring and Management, Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 20-25 June 1995, 129-138. UNCRD Proceedings Series, no. 10. Nagoya, Japan: United Nations Centre for Regional Development; National Space Development Agency of Japan, 1996.
Title	Verification Experiment of Extraction of Soil Moisture Information Using SAR Mounted on J ERS-1 / ERS-1
Year	1996
Author	Musiake, K. Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Musiake Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
Author	Oki, T. Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Musiake Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
Author	Wakasa, K. Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Musiake Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
Material Type	Conference Paper
Features	9 references; 4 tables; 9 figures
Pages	p. 129-138
Relationships	Part of 294 p. Space Informatics for Grassland Sustainable Development
Subjects	CLIMATE 17.02.01 COMMUNICATION SATELLITES 08.16.03 EXPERIMENTS 18.05.01 SOIL MOISTURE 17.04.03 SOILS 17.04.03
Abstract	Relating to the global climate change prediction, hydrologists are interested in large-scale hydro-logical processes, particularly in the evapotranspiration process as an interaction between land surface and atmosphere. Soil moisture is an important factor for controlling the evapotranspiration process. SAR data of E ERS-1 and J ERS-1 are expected to provide large-scale soil moisture information which can be incorporated into a macro-hydrological modelling. Authors are carrying out ERS-1s' simultaneous verification experiments at sevel sites with different surface-soil conditions to establish the relationship between radar backscatter and soil moisture. Experiments include direct sampling of surface soil measurement of backscatter using C-band scatterometer mounted on automobiles and field dielectric measurements using portable C and L dielectric probes. Good correlations are obtained between soil backscattering coefficients and surface soil moisture. Their values and theoretical ones coincide quantitatively, thus showing an effectiveness to the extraction of soil moisture information using ERS-1 SAR data. --author's abstract
Control No.	PS 10n