PARAMETER SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR BISTATIC SCATTERING OF ROUGH SURFACE

In this paper, we investigated the bistatic scattering of soil moisture and surface roughness of bare soil surfaces. We generated database by using an advanced integral equation model (AIEM). For better understanding the bistatic scattering characteristics of bare soil surfaces, we adopted single polarized simulations and combination of dual angular simulations. To explore the sensitivity of bistatic scattering to soil moisture, we applied a defined sensitivity index. The results shown that the scattering coefficients of VV polarization are more sensitive to soil moisture compared with the HH polarized scattering coefficients. Moreover, the forward direction is the most sensitive to soil moisture in all cases. Besides, the dual angular observations show good sensitivity to soil moisture, especially when the differences of the two incident angles are large.