Title
Temperature-Dependable Microwave Dielectric Model for an Arctic Soil
Abstract
Dielectric measurements of an organic-rich permafrost soil over the range from 1.0 to 16 GHz and from -30??C to +25??C are presented. The measured shrub soil contains up to 90% organic matter and is the first soil of this composition for which the soil dielectric has been characterized. The measurements were fitted to the generalized refractive mixing dielectric model (GRMDM) recently proposed by Mironov et al., which combines the complex refractive indexes for the major components of the soil. These components were found to be the solid content, bound water, transient bound water, liquid capillary water, and moistened ice water. The dielectric properties of the frequency-dispersive components are each described by their own Debye relaxation spectrum. The GRMDM has been modified to incorporate the temperature dependence of the Debye parameters. The phase transformation of the soil water components at the freezing temperature is taken into account. As a result, a temperature-dependable GRMDM (TD GRMDM) has been developed, including model parameters which have a physical interpretation. This TD GRMDM predicts the dielectric for this soil in the whole range of moistures, frequencies, and temperatures measured. The model prediction errors are on the same order as that of dielectric measurements. The model proposed is the first of its kind to provide a physical basis for radar and radiothermal remote sensing algorithms that retrieve the freeze/thaw state and the volumetric moisture in the upper layer of an Arctic soil.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/TGRS.2010.2040034
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
dielectric relaxation,geophysical techniques,phase transformations,remote sensing by radar,soil,Arctic regions,Arctic soil,Debye parameters,Debye relaxation spectrum,complex refractive indexes,dielectric relaxation,dielectric spectroscopy,freeze state,freezing temperature,frequency 1 GHz to 16 GHz,frequency-dispersive components,generalized refractive mixing dielectric model,liquid capillary water,moistened ice water,organic matter,organic-rich permafrost soil,phase transformation,radar remote sensing algorithm,radiothermal remote sensing algorithm,shrub soil,soil dielectric,soil water components,solid content,temperature-dependable GRMDM,temperature-dependable microwave dielectric model,thaw state,transient bound water,volumetric moisture,Arctic regions,bound water,dielectric measurement,dielectric model,dielectric relaxation,dielectric spectroscopy,moistened ice,soil,temperature dependence,water
Moisture,Dielectric,Debye,Remote sensing,Dielectric spectroscopy,Bound water,Temperature measurement,Mathematics,Permafrost,Soil water
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
48
6
0196-2892
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
19
1.80
8
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mironov, V.L.15813.89
De Roo, R.D.28011.99
Igor V. Savin3191.80