An Improved UAV-Based ATI Method Incorporating Solar Radiation for Farm-Scale Bare Soil Moisture Measurement
The use of UAV-based remote sensing for soil moisture has developed rapidly in recent decades, with advantages such as high spatial resolution, flexible work arrangement, and ease of operation. In bare and low-vegetation-covered soils, the apparent thermal inertia (ATI) method, which adopts thermal...
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| author | Renhao Jia Jianli Liu Jiabao Zhang Yujie Niu Yifei Jiang Kefan Xuan Can Wang Jingchun Ji Bin Ma Xiaopeng Li |
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| description | The use of UAV-based remote sensing for soil moisture has developed rapidly in recent decades, with advantages such as high spatial resolution, flexible work arrangement, and ease of operation. In bare and low-vegetation-covered soils, the apparent thermal inertia (ATI) method, which adopts thermal infrared data from UAV-based remote sensing, has been widely used for soil moisture estimation at the field scale. However, the ATI method may not perform well under inconsistent weather conditions due to inconsistency of the intensity of the soil surface energy input. In this study, an improvement of the ATI method (ATI-R), considering the variation in soil surface energy input, was developed by the incorporation of solar radiation measurements. The performances of the two methods were compared using field experiment data during multiple heating processes under various weather conditions. It showed that on consistently sunny days, both ATI-R and ATI methods obtained good correlations with the volumetric water contents (VWC) (R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.775, RMSE<sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.023 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup> and R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI</sub> = 0.778, RMSE<sub>ATI</sub> = 0.018 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup>) on cloudy or a combination of sunny and cloudy days as long as there were significant soil-heating processes despite the different energy input intensities; the ATI-R method could perform better than the ATI method (cloudy: R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.565, RMSE<sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.024 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup> and R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI</sub> = 0.156, RMSE<sub>ATI</sub> = 0.033 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup>; combined: R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.673, RMSE<sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.028 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup> and R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI</sub> = 0.310, RMSE<sub>ATI</sub> = 0.032 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup>); and on overcast days, both the ATI-R and ATI methods could not perform satisfactorily (R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.027, RMSE<sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.024 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup> and R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI</sub> = 0.027, RMSE<sub>ATI</sub> = 0.031 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup>). The results indicate that supplemental solar radiation data could effectively expand applications of the ATI method, especially for inconsistent weather conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7460b6437de844609bd4224a795030592023-11-18T23:30:34ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922023-07-011515376910.3390/rs15153769An Improved UAV-Based ATI Method Incorporating Solar Radiation for Farm-Scale Bare Soil Moisture MeasurementRenhao Jia0Jianli Liu1Jiabao Zhang2Yujie Niu3Yifei Jiang4Kefan Xuan5Can Wang6Jingchun Ji7Bin Ma8Xiaopeng Li9Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaInstitute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaInstitute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaInstitute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaInstitute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaInstitute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaInstitute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaInstitute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaInstitute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaInstitute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaThe use of UAV-based remote sensing for soil moisture has developed rapidly in recent decades, with advantages such as high spatial resolution, flexible work arrangement, and ease of operation. In bare and low-vegetation-covered soils, the apparent thermal inertia (ATI) method, which adopts thermal infrared data from UAV-based remote sensing, has been widely used for soil moisture estimation at the field scale. However, the ATI method may not perform well under inconsistent weather conditions due to inconsistency of the intensity of the soil surface energy input. In this study, an improvement of the ATI method (ATI-R), considering the variation in soil surface energy input, was developed by the incorporation of solar radiation measurements. The performances of the two methods were compared using field experiment data during multiple heating processes under various weather conditions. It showed that on consistently sunny days, both ATI-R and ATI methods obtained good correlations with the volumetric water contents (VWC) (R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.775, RMSE<sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.023 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup> and R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI</sub> = 0.778, RMSE<sub>ATI</sub> = 0.018 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup>) on cloudy or a combination of sunny and cloudy days as long as there were significant soil-heating processes despite the different energy input intensities; the ATI-R method could perform better than the ATI method (cloudy: R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.565, RMSE<sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.024 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup> and R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI</sub> = 0.156, RMSE<sub>ATI</sub> = 0.033 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup>; combined: R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.673, RMSE<sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.028 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup> and R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI</sub> = 0.310, RMSE<sub>ATI</sub> = 0.032 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup>); and on overcast days, both the ATI-R and ATI methods could not perform satisfactorily (R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.027, RMSE<sub>ATI-R</sub> = 0.024 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup> and R<sup>2</sup><sub>ATI</sub> = 0.027, RMSE<sub>ATI</sub> = 0.031 cm<sup>3</sup>·cm<sup>−3</sup>). The results indicate that supplemental solar radiation data could effectively expand applications of the ATI method, especially for inconsistent weather conditions.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/15/3769soil moistureapparent thermal inertia (ATI)solar radiationthermal infraredUAV-based remote sensing |
| spellingShingle | Renhao Jia Jianli Liu Jiabao Zhang Yujie Niu Yifei Jiang Kefan Xuan Can Wang Jingchun Ji Bin Ma Xiaopeng Li An Improved UAV-Based ATI Method Incorporating Solar Radiation for Farm-Scale Bare Soil Moisture Measurement Remote Sensing soil moisture apparent thermal inertia (ATI) solar radiation thermal infrared UAV-based remote sensing |
| title | An Improved UAV-Based ATI Method Incorporating Solar Radiation for Farm-Scale Bare Soil Moisture Measurement |
| title_full | An Improved UAV-Based ATI Method Incorporating Solar Radiation for Farm-Scale Bare Soil Moisture Measurement |
| title_fullStr | An Improved UAV-Based ATI Method Incorporating Solar Radiation for Farm-Scale Bare Soil Moisture Measurement |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Improved UAV-Based ATI Method Incorporating Solar Radiation for Farm-Scale Bare Soil Moisture Measurement |
| title_short | An Improved UAV-Based ATI Method Incorporating Solar Radiation for Farm-Scale Bare Soil Moisture Measurement |
| title_sort | improved uav based ati method incorporating solar radiation for farm scale bare soil moisture measurement |
| topic | soil moisture apparent thermal inertia (ATI) solar radiation thermal infrared UAV-based remote sensing |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/15/3769 |
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