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Grass: AN experiment on the capability of airborne GNSS-R sensors in sensing soil moisture and vegetation biomass

In this paper an experiment concerning the capabilities of GNSS-R sensors for land applications was described. An airborne campaign was performed in summer and fall 2011 over two areas close to Florence (Italy): an agricultural zone and a forest plot of poplars. A detailed comparison of the GNSS-R signals with ground truth data was performed. Both LR and RR reflection coefficients have been found to be sensitive to changes in the surface soil moisture, with a total variation of about 6 dB between dry and wet conditions. Regarding the sensitivity to vegetation, it was observed that the measured LR coefficients have a moderate power variation due to the presence of woody vegetation. It was observed that the LR coefficient experienced a monotonic decrease with increasing biomass, up to an estimated forest dry biomass of more than 150 t/ha.

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