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Monitoring of land-related processes in South America using multi-parameter SAR: Soil and Vegetation monitoring in Pampas and Chaco forest

Programme Reference

AO4a

Country

Italy

Start Date

2016

End Date

2017

Programme: Discovery Prime Contractor: UNIV II ROMA TOR VERGATA

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.

Application domain: Earth Observation

Initial TRL: TRL N/A Target TRL: TRL N/A

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Monitoring of land-related processes in South America using multi-parameter SAR: Soil and Vegetation monitoring in Pampas and Chaco forest