Monitoring of land-related processes in South America using multi-parameter SAR: Soil and Vegetation monitoring in Pampas and Chaco forest
Programme
Discovery
Programme Reference
AO4a
Contractor
UNIV II ROMA TOR VERGATA
Start Date
End Date
Country
Italy
Description
The forthcoming launch of SAOCOM satellites will make multitemporal L band signatures available. To take benefit from this opportunity, this study analyzes and models L band signatures of typical Argentinean crops, and proposes an algorithm able to retrieve soil moisture.
Keywords
Alcantara
SAR
SAOCOM-CS
Land monitoring
South America
Vegitation
Executive summary