Estimation of soil moisture and debris pile volume from Pi-SAR2X and Pi-SAR-L2 square-flight data

Christian N. Koyama, Motoyuki Sato

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Abstract

Full polarimetric airborne SAR data acquired over the Tsunami affected coastal area in Northeastern Japan is used to estimate soil moisture and debris volumes. Using empirical surface roughness calibration of the I2EM soil moisture is estimated with a RMSE of 5.2 Vol.-%. The heights of Tsunami debris piles are estimated with a RMSE of 0.71 m by using a reference point aided stereo-SAR approach. Debris pile volumes are estimated with an overall RMSE of 2478 m3. The accuracy increases with increasing size of the piles. While the error ranges from 50% to 90% for the smallest piles, it is in the order of 20% to 30% for the large piles.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1516-1519
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781479957750
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014 Nov 4
EventJoint 2014 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2014 and the 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, CSRS 2014 - Quebec City, Canada
Duration: 2014 Jul 132014 Jul 18

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Other

OtherJoint 2014 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2014 and the 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, CSRS 2014
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityQuebec City
Period14/7/1314/7/18

Keywords

  • Environmental monitoring
  • Pi-SAR2
  • Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar
  • Soil moisture
  • Tsunami

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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