SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVAL IN AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS USING ADVANCED INTEGRAL EQUATION MODEL AND SENTINEL DATA: A CASE STUDY OF WAKELYNS AGROFORESTRY

Speaker: Catherin Sebastian, University of Surrey, Guildford, United KingdomThis study investigates surface soil moisture dynamics in a complex agroforestry system using the Advanced Integral Equation Model (AIEM), a remote sensing methodology retrieving soil moisture from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data. The research here presented addresses the unique challenges of moisture retrieval in mixed tree-crop environments, where traditional remote sensing approaches often struggle with the heterogeneous canopy structure.