AIRBORNE SOIL-MOISTURE MEASUREMENT USING NATURAL TERRESTRIAL GAMMA-RADIATION
AIRBORNE SOIL-MOISTURE MEASUREMENT USING NATURAL TERRESTRIAL GAMMA-RADIATION
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DOI:
10.1097/00010694-198111000-00006
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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CARROLL, TR
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CARROLL, TR
Measurements of the natural terrestrial .gamma. radiation flux near the soil surface are used to infer areal soil moisture. Airborne .gamma. radiation data are collected over a network of 240 flight lines (each .apprx. 6 km2) in the upper Midwest (USA) and used to calculate real-time, areal soil moisture values. Ground-based soil moisture data collected along calibration flight lines indicate that airborne soil moisture values can be calculated with an RMS error of 3.2% soil moisture, which is 40% less than the mean standard deviation of the ground-based soil samples. The airborne soil moisture values calculated using data from 3 primary background surveys tend to be 1.5% less than the ground-sampled moisture values.