Title
A surface soil moisture mapping service at national (Italian) scale based on Sentinel-1 data.
Abstract
This paper presents MULESME, a software designed for the systematic mapping of surface soil moisture using Sentinel-1 SAR data. MULESME implements a multi-temporal algorithm that uses time series of Sentinel-1 data and ancillary data, such as a plant water content map, as inputs. A secondary software module generates the plant water content map from optical data provided by Landsat-8, or Sentinel-2, or MODIS. Each output of MULESME includes another map showing the level of uncertainty of the soil moisture estimates. MULESME was tested by using both synthetic and actual data. The results of the tests showed that root mean square error is in the range between 0.03 m3/m3 (synthetic data) and 0.06 m3/m3 (actual data) for bare soil. The accuracy decreases in the presence of vegetation (root mean square in the range 0.08–0.12 m3/m3), as expected.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.12.022
Environmental Modelling & Software
Keywords
Field
DocType
Soil moisture,Sentinel-1,Multi-temporal algorithm,Plant water content,Landsat-8,Sentinel-2,MODIS
Vegetation,Ancillary data,Computer science,Hydrology,Systematic mapping,Remote sensing,Mean squared error,Synthetic data,Software,Root mean square,Water content
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
102
C
1364-8152
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.41
24
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Luca Pulvirenti115131.53
Giuseppe Squicciarino273.18
Luca Cenci330.77
Giorgio Boni46913.49
Nazzareno Pierdicca527862.69
Marco Chini614831.25
Cosimo Versace740.78
Paolo Campanella820.41