Abstract Soil moisture estimates from a distributed hydrological model and two microwave remote sensors (Push Broom Microwave Radiometer and Synthetic Aperture Radar) were compared with the ground measurements collected during the MAC-HYDRO'90 experiment over a 7.4-km 2 watershed in central Pennsylvania. Various information, including rainfall, soil properties, land cover, topography and remote sensing imagery, were integrated and analyzed using an image integration technique. It is found that the hydrological model and both microwave sensors successfully pick up the temporal variation of soil moisture. Results also indicate the spatial soil moisture pattern can be remotely sensed within reasonable accuracy using existing algorithms. Watershed averaged soil moisture estimates from the hydrological model are wetter than remotely sensed data. It is difficult to conclude which instrument yield better performance for the studied case. The choice will be based on the intended applications and information that is available.


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    Title :

    Intercomparisons between passive and active microwave remote sensing, and hydrological modeling for soil moisture


    Contributors:
    Wood, E.F. (author) / Lin, D.-S. (author) / Mancini, M. (author) / Thongs, D. (author) / Troch, P.A. (author) / Jackson, T.J. (author) / Famiglietti, J.S. (author) / Engman, E.T. (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 13 , 5 ; 167-176


    Publication date :

    1993-01-01


    Size :

    10 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English