Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160104233

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160104233

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Airborne passive radiometer for high resolution soil moisture monitoring. The project proposes to create a novel technology to measure soil moisture. Accurate knowledge of soil moisture profiles at high resolution is important for sustainable land and water management including efficient irrigation scheduling and cropping practices. A passive multi-band soil moisture-measuring radiometer at L-, Ku- and Ka-bands is proposed. The radiometer comprises a three-band shared aperture antenna array, a receiving electronics, a digital controller and a data logger. The array antenna comprises dual polarised stacked patch elements. Beamforming networks form agile beams to scan the ground. Sensitive radiometer receivers apply brightness temperature downscaling for high resolution. The high-resolution passive radiometer would revolutionise airborne soil moisture monitoring by removing the mechanically steerable bulky and heavy scanheads.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 22-04-2016

End Date: 31-12-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $660,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing | Communications Technologies | Antennas and Propagation | Microwave and Millimetrewave Theory and Technology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments |

Other Keywords

Antennas and Propagation | Communications Technologies | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Microwave and Millimetrewave Theory and Technology | Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

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