The observation of soil moisture is fundamental for several climate sciences. Remote sensing had proved that it is possible to observe soil moisture from both Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and SAR interferometry (InSAR) observables. This paper shows the use of machine learning regression algorithms to estimate soil moisture change using the InSAR coherence and phase and the soil type. Random Forest Regression and Extra-Tree and Bagging Regression were used. The purpose is to evaluate the improvement gain with the inclusion of “non-conventional” data such as the soil type on the estimation of soil moisture variations in time. The results point out that the inclusion of the soil type improves the estimation with coefficient of determination - R2 up to 72%.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Pages6343-6346
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2021
Event 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS - Brussels, Belgium
Duration: 11 Jul 202116 Jul 2021

Conference

Conference 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityBrussels
Period11/07/2116/07/21

    Research areas

  • Interferometric Coherence, Machine Learning, SAR Interferometry (InSAR), Soil Moisture, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

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