Comprehensive Evaluation of Sentinel-2 Red Edge and Shortwave-Infrared Bands to Estimate Soil Moisture
This article aims to explore the applicability of SMMI (soil moisture monitoring index), MSMMI (modified soil moisture monitoring index), PDI (perpendicular drought index), and MPDI (modified perpendicular drought index) in estimating soil moisture (SM) in farmland. The random forest classifier was...
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doaj-c9a87053f49544478377f91eee3563b82021-08-05T23:00:07ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing2151-15352021-01-01147448746510.1109/JSTARS.2021.30985139492822Comprehensive Evaluation of Sentinel-2 Red Edge and Shortwave-Infrared Bands to Estimate Soil MoistureYing Liu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3352-0307Jiaxin Qian1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8681-5731Hui Yue2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0989-1738College of Geomatics, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaCollege of Geomatics, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaCollege of Geomatics, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaThis article aims to explore the applicability of SMMI (soil moisture monitoring index), MSMMI (modified soil moisture monitoring index), PDI (perpendicular drought index), and MPDI (modified perpendicular drought index) in estimating soil moisture (SM) in farmland. The random forest classifier was used to obtain two-stage land cover types maps. The sensitivity of Sentinel-2 spectral bands to the measured SM at a depth of 0–5 cm was optimized by random forest regression. According to the sensitive bands, SMMI and PDI from different feature spaces were constructed to explore their feasibility for monitoring SM under different land cover types. Second, fractional vegetation cover (FVC) in the study area was estimated by nine kinds of FVC estimation models and compared with the measured FVC. The effects of different FVC methods on estimating SM by MSMMI and MPDI were evaluated. The results show that red edge and short-wave infrared (SWIR) bands of Sentinel-2 had irreplaceable effects on the land cover classification. In terms of monitoring SM in bare soil areas, the SM indices with SWIR bands had high correlations with measured SM. For vegetation-covered areas, MSMMI from the FVCgr model (dimidiate pixel model with red edge bands) and the Short wave infrared1–Short wave infrared2 feature space had the highest correlation with the measured 0–5 cm depth SM. Whether vegetation-covered areas or bare soil areas, the combination of red edge and SWIR bands can effectively improve the estimation accuracy of SM. MSMMI can be used as the best SMMI in the study area. Sentinel-2 images, with great potential, can effectively estimate SM at a depth of 0–5 cm in farmland with complex environments.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9492822/Red edgeSentinel-2short-wave infrared (SWIR)soil moisture (SM)Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment2016 (SMAPVEX16) |
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Ying Liu Jiaxin Qian Hui Yue Comprehensive Evaluation of Sentinel-2 Red Edge and Shortwave-Infrared Bands to Estimate Soil Moisture IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing Red edge Sentinel-2 short-wave infrared (SWIR) soil moisture (SM) Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment 2016 (SMAPVEX16) |
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Sentinel-2 Red Edge and Shortwave-Infrared Bands to Estimate Soil Moisture |
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Sentinel-2 Red Edge and Shortwave-Infrared Bands to Estimate Soil Moisture |
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Sentinel-2 Red Edge and Shortwave-Infrared Bands to Estimate Soil Moisture |
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Sentinel-2 Red Edge and Shortwave-Infrared Bands to Estimate Soil Moisture |
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Sentinel-2 Red Edge and Shortwave-Infrared Bands to Estimate Soil Moisture |
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comprehensive evaluation of sentinel-2 red edge and shortwave-infrared bands to estimate soil moisture |
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IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing |
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This article aims to explore the applicability of SMMI (soil moisture monitoring index), MSMMI (modified soil moisture monitoring index), PDI (perpendicular drought index), and MPDI (modified perpendicular drought index) in estimating soil moisture (SM) in farmland. The random forest classifier was used to obtain two-stage land cover types maps. The sensitivity of Sentinel-2 spectral bands to the measured SM at a depth of 0–5 cm was optimized by random forest regression. According to the sensitive bands, SMMI and PDI from different feature spaces were constructed to explore their feasibility for monitoring SM under different land cover types. Second, fractional vegetation cover (FVC) in the study area was estimated by nine kinds of FVC estimation models and compared with the measured FVC. The effects of different FVC methods on estimating SM by MSMMI and MPDI were evaluated. The results show that red edge and short-wave infrared (SWIR) bands of Sentinel-2 had irreplaceable effects on the land cover classification. In terms of monitoring SM in bare soil areas, the SM indices with SWIR bands had high correlations with measured SM. For vegetation-covered areas, MSMMI from the FVCgr model (dimidiate pixel model with red edge bands) and the Short wave infrared1–Short wave infrared2 feature space had the highest correlation with the measured 0–5 cm depth SM. Whether vegetation-covered areas or bare soil areas, the combination of red edge and SWIR bands can effectively improve the estimation accuracy of SM. MSMMI can be used as the best SMMI in the study area. Sentinel-2 images, with great potential, can effectively estimate SM at a depth of 0–5 cm in farmland with complex environments. |
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Red edge Sentinel-2 short-wave infrared (SWIR) soil moisture (SM) Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment 2016 (SMAPVEX16) |
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