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The main objective of this study is to find out if multi-date and multi-polarization Radar Satellite 2 (RADARSAT-2) (C-band) image analysis could detect seasonal variations of surface soil moisture conditions of the acrotelm. A change detection approach through the use of multi temporal indexes was chosen based on the assumption that the temporal variability of surface roughness and natural vegetation biomass is generally at a much longer time scale than that of surface soil moisture (\u0394-Index is based on a reference image that represents dry soil, in order to maximize the sensitivity of \u03c3\u00b0 to changes in soil moisture with respect to the same location when soil is wet). The \u0394-Index approach was tested with each polarization: \u03c3\u00b0 for fully polarimetric mode (HH, HV, VV) and the cross-polarization coefficient (HV\/HH). Results show that the best regression adjustment with regard to surface soil moisture content in boreal wetlands was obtained with the cross-polarization coefficient. The cross-polarization multi-temporal index enables precise volumetric surface soil moisture estimation and monitoring on boreal wetlands, regardless of the influence of vegetation cover and surface roughness conditions (bias was under 1%, standard deviation and RMSE were under 10% for almost all estimation errors). Surface soil moisture estimation was more precise over permanently flooded areas than seasonally flooded ones (standard deviation is systematically greater for the seasonally flooded areas, at all analyzed scales), although the overall quality of the estimation is still precise. Cross-polarization ratio image analysis appears to be a useful mean to exploit radar data spatially, as we were able to relate changes in wetland eco-hydrological dynamics to variations in the intensity of the ratio.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs5104919","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,9]],"date-time":"2013-10-09T11:57:49Z","timestamp":1381319869000},"page":"4919-4941","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":37,"title":["Monitoring Volumetric Surface Soil Moisture Content at the La Grande Basin Boreal Wetland by Radar Multi Polarization Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Andres","family":"Jacome","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), 490 rue de la Couronne, Qu\u00e9bec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Monique","family":"Bernier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), 490 rue de la Couronne, Qu\u00e9bec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0018-0761","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Karem","family":"Chokmani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), 490 rue de la Couronne, Qu\u00e9bec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yves","family":"Gauthier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), 490 rue de la Couronne, Qu\u00e9bec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jimmy","family":"Poulin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), 490 rue de la Couronne, Qu\u00e9bec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Danielle","family":"De S\u00e8ve","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut de Recherche d'Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec, 1800 Boulevard Lionel Boulet, Varennes, QC J3X 1S1, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"9","DOI":"10.1007\/978-3-540-31913-9_2","article-title":"Functional Characteristics and Indicators of Boreal Peatlands","volume":"188","author":"Wieder","year":"2006","journal-title":"Boreal Peatland Ecosystems"},{"key":"ref_2","unstructured":"National Wetlands Working Group (1988). 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