@article{PAR00014090, title = {{A} temperature-dependent dielectric model for thawed and frozen organic soil at 1.4 {GH}z}, author = {{M}ironov, {V}. {L}. and {K}err, {Y}ann and {K}osolapova, {L}. {G}. and {S}avin, {I}. {V}. and {M}uzalevskiy, {K}. {V}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A} single-frequency dielectric model for thawed and frozen {A}rctic organic-rich (80%-90% organic matter) soil was developed. {T}he model is based on soil dielectric data that were measured over the ranges of volumetric moisture from 0.007 to 0.573 cm(3)/cm(3), dry soil density from 0.564 to 0.666 g/cm(3), and temperature from 25 degrees {C} to -30 degrees {C} (cooling run), at the frequency of 1.4 {GH}z. {T}he refractive mixing model was applied to fit the measurements of the soil's complex refractive index ({CRI}) as a function of soil moisture, with the values of temperature being fixed. {U}sing the results of this fitting, the parameters of the refractive mixing model were derived as a function of temperature. {T}hese parameters involve the {CRI}s of soil solids as well as bound, transient, and free soil water components. {T}he error of the dielectric model was evaluated by correlating the predicted complex relative permittivity ({CRP}) values of the soil samples with the measured ones. {T}he coefficient of determination ({R}-2) and the root-mean-square error ({RMSE}) were estimated to be {R}-2 = 0.999, {RMSE} = 0.27 and {R}-2 = 0.993, {RMSE} = 0.18 for the real and imaginary parts of the {CRP}, respectively. {T}hese values are in the order of the dielectric measurement error itself. {T}he proposed dielectric model can be applied in active and passive remote-sensing techniques used in the areas with organicrich soil covers, mainly for the {SMOS}, {SMAP}, and {A}quarius missions.}, keywords = {{D}ielectric constant ; dielectric losses ; dielectric measurement ; {L}-band modeling ; soil moisture ; soil properties}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{I}eee {J}ournal of {S}elected {T}opics in {A}pplied {E}arth {O}bservations and {R}emote {S}ensing}, volume = {8}, numero = {9}, pages = {4470--4477}, ISSN = {1939-1404}, year = {2015}, DOI = {10.1109/jstars.2015.2442295}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00014090}, }