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achieve high performance and flexibility and the L-band data
continuity of JERS-1 can be used successfully for monitoring
the soil moisture.
Fieldworks have revealed that the soil cultivating technique, e.g.
compaction of the soil to prevent the moisture loss was another
factor that affected the backscattering. Increases in backscatter
values in all SAR images have been observed in fields that were
levelled by applying compaction by force. The next phase of
our research includes investigation of the changes in
backscattering from SAR images with soil texture, pore
volumes, pore sizes, moisture content, and soil cultivation
techniques.
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