Abstract
The feasibility of using China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) data for estimating soil moisture is demonstrated in this letter. Previous studies for the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) multipath for estimating soil moisture have concentrated on the Global Positioning System (GPS) SNR data. The SNR data recorded by BDS receivers can also be strongly impacted by the relative permittivity, which however, has not been comprehensively investigated. This letter used a commercially available geodetic-quality BDS/GPS receiver to collect BDS SNR data on both B1 and B2 frequencies. Two methods were investigated to demonstrate the relationship between BDS SNR metrics and soil moisture. One was the phase method proposed by Larson et al. , and the other was an interference model proposed by Peng et al. The results show that both B1 and B2 frequencies perform well to reflect the moisture fluctuations, particularly for reflecting big precipitation events. Comparisons between BDS B1 and B2 with GPS L2C and L5 demonstrate the results from these two constellations are comparable. BDS could be a new data source for producing global high-temporal soil moisture products using GNSS-based approaches.
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