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Presentation
Soil Moisture Estimation From Remotely Sensed Hyperspectral Data
2003 ASAE Annual International Meeting (2003)
  • Amy L. Kaleita, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Lei F. Tian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Haibo Yao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Abstract

A methodology for mapping surface soil moisture content across an agricultural field from optical remote sensing and ground sampling is developed. This study uses both ground-based and remotely sensed spectral measurements of soil reflectance in visible and near-infrared wavelengths and concurrent measurements of volumetric soil moisture within the top 6 cm. After determining appropriate wavelengths for soil moisture estimation from spectral reflectance, a cokriging scheme was used to generate soil moisture maps. Results indicate that combining reflectance and ground measurements can yield more detailed maps of soil moisture than ground measurement alone.

Keywords
  • Soil moisture,
  • Remote sensing,
  • Spectrophotometry,
  • Precision Agriculture
Publication Date
July, 2003
Comments
This is an ASAE Meeting Presentation, Paper No. 031047.
Citation Information
Amy L. Kaleita, Lei F. Tian and Haibo Yao. "Soil Moisture Estimation From Remotely Sensed Hyperspectral Data" 2003 ASAE Annual International Meeting (2003)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/amy_kaleita/12/