Articles | Volume 25, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2739-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2739-2021
Research article
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25 May 2021
Research article |  | 25 May 2021

Advances in soil moisture retrieval from multispectral remote sensing using unoccupied aircraft systems and machine learning techniques

Samuel N. Araya, Anna Fryjoff-Hung, Andreas Anderson, Joshua H. Viers, and Teamrat A. Ghezzehei

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We took aerial photos of a grassland area using an unoccupied aerial vehicle and used the images to estimate soil moisture via machine learning. We were able to estimate soil moisture with high accuracy. Furthermore, by analyzing the machine learning models we developed, we learned how different factors drive the distribution of moisture across the landscape. Among the factors, rainfall, evapotranspiration, and topography were most important in controlling surface soil moisture distribution.