The article considers the possibility of remote determination of soil moisture when sensing from a spacecraft and from an unmanned aerial vehicle. The relevance of remote measurement of soil moisture for the needs of agriculture, in particular for precision farming systems, is substantiated. The characteristics of digital soil moisture maps obtained from space and from an unmanned aerial vehicle are compared. The prospects of integrating digital soil moisture maps into the precision farming system are evaluated. The possibility of reducing the mass and dimensions of the sensor equipment is described. The results of flight tests of a microwave radiometer for creating digital maps of soil moisture made in various climatic zones are presented. Conclusions are drawn about the advantages and prospects of the proposed method.

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Remote Determination of Soil Moisture by Microwave Radiometry Methods from Space and from a UAV

  • Igor A. Sidorov,
  • Alexandr G. Gudkov,
  • Vasilij D. Shashurin,
  • Vitalij Yu. Leushin,
  • Sergey V. Chizhikov,
  • Eugenij P. Novichikhin,
  • Nikolay F. Khokhlov

摘要

The article considers the possibility of remote determination of soil moisture when sensing from a spacecraft and from an unmanned aerial vehicle. The relevance of remote measurement of soil moisture for the needs of agriculture, in particular for precision farming systems, is substantiated. The characteristics of digital soil moisture maps obtained from space and from an unmanned aerial vehicle are compared. The prospects of integrating digital soil moisture maps into the precision farming system are evaluated. The possibility of reducing the mass and dimensions of the sensor equipment is described. The results of flight tests of a microwave radiometer for creating digital maps of soil moisture made in various climatic zones are presented. Conclusions are drawn about the advantages and prospects of the proposed method.