INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE

SUMMER INTERNSHIP 2019

Comparative Analysis of Soil Moisture data

and SMAP Data using Regression Model

Submitted By :-
Ravish Ranjan Kumar
16116051
B.Tech IV YEAR
Details of Internship

• Under supervision of - Associate Prof. Rajib K. Panigrahi , IIT

Roorkee Electronics and Communication.

• Duration - 2 Months

• Worked on “Comparative Analysis of Soil Moisture data and

SMAP Data using Regression Model.”

• Guided by the people who work on soil moisture sensors

development and extraction of information from radar image.

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Soil Moisture Active Passive
SMAP is a remote sensing observatory that carries two
instruments that will map soil moisture and determine the
freeze or thaw state of the same area being mapped.
Feature:- shared by radar and radiometer.

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Why Soil Moisture matter?

● Monitor Drought

● Predict Floods

● Assist Crop Productivity

● Weather Forecasting

● Linking Water, Energy and Carbon Cycles

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 Soil Moisture Sensor

A capacitive moisture sensor works

by measuring the changes in

capacitance caused by the changes

in the dielectric.

operating voltage range

- ( 3 - 5.5 V)

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Soil moisture sensor response :-

0%

100%

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Soil Moisture Sensor Calibration:-

● Measurement of soil moisture content by gravimetric

approach is conducted.
● Calculation of soil moisture content
Soil moisture (%) = weight of water contained in the
soil/weight of dry soil samples
Soil moisture (%)= (b−a)−(c-a)/(c−a)x 100%

Where a is the weight of the empty pot (gram), b is the weight of pot and wet soil
(gram), c is weight of pot and dry soil (after evaporated in the oven for 24 hours)
(gram)

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Relation between sensor output and soil
moisture content

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Soil Moisture observations:
1. connection of sensor and Arduino to get soil moisture data
2. Connection ESP32 with the Arduino and coded for ESP32
3. Upload data on thingspeak

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Extract Soil Moisture Information from SMAP Obs.

● Collection of data from

https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search .
● Data converted to excel form ( numeric)

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SMAP image data

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Conclusions :-

● Working of soil moisture Sensors and its calibration.

● Ground data of Soil moisture is collected and uploaded on the
thinkspeak.com.
● Extraction of soil moisture value from SMAP data Product.
● Regression study is done between both the data sets.

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Thank You

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