PLMR Calibration Valerio Paruscio Dr Jeff Walker University of Melbourne
Outline Admissible error in brightness temperature measurement Available data for calibration Calibration options and recommendation
Model Sensitivity Assessment How accurate has the Brightness Temperature measurement to be in order to have a Moisture content error less than 4%? Hypothesis: Roughness = 0.2 SS Albedo = 0.05 Soil Type = Silt clay loam
Variables: Moisture Content ( ) %v/%v Vegetation Water Content (0 3)kg/m 2 Soil Temperature ( )K Incidence Angle (0 40) Model Sensitivity Assessment How accurate has the Brightness Temperature measurement to be in order to have a Moisture content error less than 4%?
Graphs Tb sensitivity
H polarization error (K) V polarization error (K)
Critical scenarios High value of Vegetation Water Content High Incidence Angle Dry Soil Max Tb error permitted = Most common scenarios Low value of Vegetation Water Content Max Tb error permitted = Commonly Tb error up to 8K can be tolerated 4.7K (Hpol) 2.7K (Vpol) 2.2K (Hpol) 1.3K (Vpol)
Available data for calibration Box pre and post flight (~300K) actual measured
Available data for calibration Box pre and post flight (~300K) Sky pre and post flight (~5K) actual measured
Box and Sky Brightness Temperature Pre flight Box Pre flight Sky Post flight Sky Post flight Box
Available data for calibration Box pre and post flight (~300K) Sky pre and post flight (~5K) Water in flight (~110K) actual measured
Temperature and Conductivity spatial series
Temperature and Conductivity time series
Transect–Buoy data comparision
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Thermal Infrared data over the lake Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Available data for calibration Box pre and post flight (~300K) Sky pre and post flight (~5K) Water in flight (~110K) Sky in flight (~5K) actual measured
Available data for calibration 1.Box pre flight (~300K) 2.Sky pre flight (~5K) 3.Water in flight (~110K) 4.Sky in flight (~5K) 5.Box post flight (~300K) 6.Sky post flight (~5K) actual measured
Calibration options 6 points (all) 4 points/2 points (box & sky from the ground) 3 points (box and water)
Calibration lines (6 beams, 2 polarizations)
Check the 4 pt calibration with water ponit H polV pol
Check the 3 pt calibration with in flight sky ponit V polH pol
Variation in Tb measurement passing from the 4 points cal to the 3 points cal
Time series of slope & offset (4 pts) From 4 pt
Variation in Tb measurement passing from the 4 points cal to the 2 points cal
Error using a unique 4 pt calibration instead of a daily one
Conclusion Recommendation this campaign V pol 4 pt daily H pol 4 pt daily (or unique) next campaign V pol 4 pt daily, 3 pt(?) H pol 4 pt/2 pt daily (or unique)