ISRO on Saturday said that NISAR is systematically imaging the Indian landmass in S-and L-bands to deliver high-resolution and wide swath data with a repetivity of 12 days.
This data has been effectively utilised to demonstrate the generation of soil-moisture products at a high resolution of 100m, it said.
Being a key indicator of crop health, irrigation needs and drought risk, soil-moisture plays a vital role in India’s agriculture and water management, the space agency said.
According to a ISRO statement, the soil-moisture products, demonstrated using both S-and L-bands data, provide consistent estimates across India’s diverse agro-climatic regions – from irrigated plains and rainfed farmlands to semi-arid and high-rainfall zones.
The physics-based soil moisture retrieval algorithm, developed at Space Applications Centre (SAC-ISRO), ensures scientific robustness, reliability, and operational accuracy, it said.
“With the ability to deliver two observations every 12 days, NASA-ISR​ISRO on Saturday said that NISAR is systematically imaging the Indian landmass in S-and L-bands to deliver high-resolution and wide swath data with a repetivity of 12 days.
This data has been effectively utilised to demonstrate the generation of soil-moisture products at a high resolution of 100m, it said.
Being a key indicator of crop health, irrigation needs and drought risk, soil-moisture plays a vital role in India’s agriculture and water management, the space agency said.
According to a ISRO statement, the soil-moisture products, demonstrated using both S-and L-bands data, provide consistent estimates across India’s diverse agro-climatic regions – from irrigated plains and rainfed farmlands to semi-arid and high-rainfall zones.
The physics-based soil moisture retrieval algorithm, developed at Space Applications Centre (SAC-ISRO), ensures scientific robustness, reliability, and operational accuracy, it said.
“With the ability to deliver two observations every 12 days, NASA-ISR ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
