
handle: 11583/2991609
Global Navigation System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) is a microwave remote sensing technology that enables Earth observation by receiving GNSS signals reflected from the Earth's surface. The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) constellation is a satellite system that uses GNSS-R technology with high temporal resolution and has been a popular data source in soil moisture retrieval in recent years. However, the constant movement of GNSS transmitters and GNSS-R satellites results in potentially chaotic and random observations of the Earth's surface, with many unevenly distributed gaps in the observed data. In this paper, a gap-filling method based on spatial autocorrelation is proposed to interpolate the gaps within these observation datasets, with SM being estimated post-interpolation. The sample set for the model comprises points surrounding the interpolation target, with modeling conducted considering factors of spatial weighting to estimate values at the interpolation target. Different autocorrelation-based gap-filling methods using CYGNSS data can achieve good estimation accuracy, and the data coverage after interpolation is on average 1.8 times greater than before interpolation. The gap-filling method using XGBoost achieves the best performance and offers the highest accuracy in SM estimation, with an average correlation coefficient of 0.8445, and an average RMSE of 0.0457 m3/m3. The gap-filling approach can significantly enhance data coverage and facilitate the filling of daily gaps in CYGNSS data with all maintaining high SM estimation accuracy. The estimation of daily missing values using CYGNSS data can fully exploit the embedded surface features in the data's fine resolution and can provide high-resolution SM retrieval.
gap-filling method, QC801-809, Geophysics. Cosmic physics, soil moisture (SM), Cyclone global navigation satellite system (CYGNSS), GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R), Ocean engineering, soil moisture active passive (SMAP), Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System; (CYGNSS); GNSS Reflectometry (GNSS-R); Soil Moisture (SM); Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP); Gap-filling Method, TC1501-1800
gap-filling method, QC801-809, Geophysics. Cosmic physics, soil moisture (SM), Cyclone global navigation satellite system (CYGNSS), GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R), Ocean engineering, soil moisture active passive (SMAP), Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System; (CYGNSS); GNSS Reflectometry (GNSS-R); Soil Moisture (SM); Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP); Gap-filling Method, TC1501-1800
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