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Research article
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04 Mar 2021
Research article |
| 04 Mar 2021
| 04 Mar 2021
Soil dielectric characterization during freeze–thaw transitions using L-band coaxial and soil moisture probes
Alex Mavrovic
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Département des Sciences de l'Environnement, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, G9A 5H7, Canada
Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Québec,
Quebec, G1V 0A6, Canada
Renato Pardo Lara
Department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
Aaron Berg
Department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
François Demontoux
Laboratoire de l'Intégration du Matériau au Système,
Bordeaux, 33400 Talence, France
Alain Royer
Centre d'Applications et de Recherches en Télédétection, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1K 2R1, Canada
Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Québec,
Quebec, G1V 0A6, Canada
Alexandre Roy
Département des Sciences de l'Environnement, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, G9A 5H7, Canada
Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Québec,
Quebec, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Detecting surface freeze/thaw states in Northeast China with passive microwave data using an improved standard deviation method H. Man et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2022.12.003
- Surface Soil Moisture Drydown over the Tibetan Plateau from SMAP: Consistency with In Situ Observations, Spatial Patterns and Controls S. Dong et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs18050814
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- A seamless global daily soil moisture dataset (2010–2015) harmonized from SMOS observations and SMAP-era assimilation modeling X. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2025.2609469
- Bayesian Time Series Approach and Its Application to Retrieve Ground and Vegetation Variables From L-Band Passive Microwave Remote Sensing M. Holmberg et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2025.3585275
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- Characterizing tundra snow sub-pixel variability to improve brightness temperature estimation in satellite SWE retrievals J. Meloche et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-87-2022
- On demand machine learning-driven surface freeze-thaw retrieval across Canadian agricultural regions using Sentinel-1 SAR data S. Taghipourjavi et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2025.1728399
- Satellite Microwave Radiometry for the Observation of Land Surfaces: A General Review C. Vittucci & M. Picchiani https://doi.org/10.3390/s26051638
- An Autoencoder Architecture for L-Band Passive Microwave Retrieval of Landscape Freeze-Thaw Cycle D. Kumawat et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2025.3530356
- Assessment of Unfrozen Water Content in Copper Bentonites Using the 1H NMR Technique: Optimization, the Method’s Limitation, and Comparative Analysis with DSC E. Nartowska et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16247577
- A review of forward modelling and retrieval approaches for forest soil moisture and vegetation optical depth using L-band radiometry A. Colliander et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.115158
- Observing Seasonal Variabilities of a Permafrost Landscape With PolSAR, InSAR and Pol-InSAR P. Saporta et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3551422
- Freeze–thaw process of soil between two piles as monitored by piezoelectric ceramic sensor D. Zhu et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32929-2
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Short summary
This paper presents a new probe that measures soil microwave permittivity in the frequency range of satellite L-band sensors. The probe capacities will allow for validation and calibration of the models used to estimate landscape physical properties from raw microwave satellite datasets. Our results show important discrepancies between model estimates and instrument measurements that will need to be addressed.
This paper presents a new probe that measures soil microwave permittivity in the frequency range...
