CORALYNN-18

Vegetation

experiment Overview 

The vegetation sampling procedure followed this steps:   

i)Removal of all above ground biomass within a 0.5mx0.5m quadrant, put in bag and have it sealed properly; 

ii)Measure the height of vegetation; count the number of plant within this quadrant. 

iii)Record weight before and after drying in oven Calculate dry biomass and water content.

The Cropscan sampling was taken in the same locations as HDAS, but only on croplands. 

Vegetation Sampling 

Sampling points and land cover map

PLEASE NOTE: The following data sets should be acknowledged according to the following:

CORALYNN-17 & CORALYNN-18:

Ye, N., Wu, X., Walker, J. P., Boopathi, N., Zhu, L., Shen, X., Jackson, T. J., Kerr, Y., Kim, E., McGrath, A. & Yeo, I. Y., PopStefanija, I., 1 Mar 2019, 2019 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference, AP-RASC 2019. Airborne P-band passive microwave soil moisture remote sensing: preliminary results. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 8738311. (2019 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference, AP-RASC 2019).