PERMAFROST DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY: RETRIEVAL OF ACTIVE LAYER THICKNESS AND SOIL MOISTURE FROM AIRBORNE INSAR AND POLSAR DATA

Richard H. Chen; Roger J. Michaelides; Yuhuan Zhao; Lingcao Huang; Elizabeth Wig; Taylor D. Sullivan; Andrew D. Parsekian; Howard A. Zebker; Mahta Moghaddam; Kevin M. Schaefer

doi:10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554288

PERMAFROST DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY: RETRIEVAL OF ACTIVE LAYER THICKNESS AND SOIL MOISTURE FROM AIRBORNE INSAR AND POLSAR DATA

Richard H. Chen
, Roger J. Michaelides
, Yuhuan Zhao
, Lingcao Huang
, Elizabeth Wig
, Taylor D. Sullivan
, Andrew D. Parsekian
, Howard A. Zebker
, Mahta Moghaddam
, Kevin M. Schaefer

Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

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The Permafrost Dynamics Observatory (PDO) combines L-band interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) and P-band polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) to simultaneously estimate the seasonal thaw depth and soil moisture profile of the active layer in permafrost regions. L-band InSAR can measure seasonal subsidence due to thawing of the active layer and P-band PolSAR backscatter is sensitive to subsurface soil moisture. A joint retrieval scheme is developed as both subsidence and soil moisture are essential to accurate active layer thickness (ALT) estimation. The PDO joint retrieval has been applied to airborne L- and P-band SAR data acquired over Arctic-boreal region during the 2017 Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) airborne campaign. In this paper, we describe the forward models and joint inversion used in the PDO retrievals and compare the results with in-situ ALT and soil moisture data estimated from ground-penetrating radar (GPR).

Original language	English
Pages	1444-1447
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554288
State	Published - 2021
Event	2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021 - Brussels, Belgium Duration: Jul 12 2021 → Jul 16 2021

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Conference	2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Brussels
Period	07/12/21 → 07/16/21

Keywords

ABoVE
AirMOSS
InSAR
Permafrost active layer thickness
PolSAR
radar remote sensing
soil moisture
UAVSAR

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Chen, R. H., Michaelides, R. J., Zhao, Y., Huang, L., Wig, E., Sullivan, T. D., Parsekian, A. D., Zebker, H. A., Moghaddam, M., & Schaefer, K. M. (2021). PERMAFROST DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY: RETRIEVAL OF ACTIVE LAYER THICKNESS AND SOIL MOISTURE FROM AIRBORNE INSAR AND POLSAR DATA. 1444-1447. Paper presented at 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021, Brussels, Belgium. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554288

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Chen, RH, Michaelides, RJ, Zhao, Y, Huang, L, Wig, E, Sullivan, TD, Parsekian, AD, Zebker, HA, Moghaddam, M & Schaefer, KM 2021, 'PERMAFROST DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY: RETRIEVAL OF ACTIVE LAYER THICKNESS AND SOIL MOISTURE FROM AIRBORNE INSAR AND POLSAR DATA', Paper presented at 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021, Brussels, Belgium, 07/12/21 - 07/16/21 pp. 1444-1447. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554288

PERMAFROST DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY: RETRIEVAL OF ACTIVE LAYER THICKNESS AND SOIL MOISTURE FROM AIRBORNE INSAR AND POLSAR DATA. / Chen, Richard H.; Michaelides, Roger J.; Zhao, Yuhuan et al.
2021. 1444-1447 Paper presented at 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021, Brussels, Belgium.

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PERMAFROST DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY: RETRIEVAL OF ACTIVE LAYER THICKNESS AND SOIL MOISTURE FROM AIRBORNE INSAR AND POLSAR DATA

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