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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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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...
