422 
Observed soil moisture (cm3/cm3) 
Figure 6: Fitting of a simplified model on Mimics 
outputs, in C-band HH. 20°: open circles, 40°: solid 
circles 
Figure 7: Estimation of the surface soil moisture m s 
by inversion of the simplified model, with C-HH data 
Estimoted сопору water content (kg/m2) 
Figure 8: Estimation of the vegetation water content 
m v by inversion of the simplified model, with C-HH 
data at 20° and 40°