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  • Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • Remote Sensing
  • Machine Learning Applications

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  • Accurate soil moisture monitoring is crucial for forestry, agriculture, and land management but remains challenging due to cost and spatial limitations.
  • Existing methods struggle with providing robust, high-resolution, and cost-effective soil moisture data.
  • The integration of multi-sensor data and advanced machine learning offers a promising avenue for improved soil moisture prediction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a novel, high-resolution soil moisture prediction method using advanced machine learning and multi-sensor data fusion.
  • To precisely estimate soil moisture at a 10 m spatial resolution across Australian research areas.
  • To compare the performance of the proposed Extreme Gradient Boosting Regression with Genetic Algorithm (XGBR-GA) model against other machine learning models.

Main Methods:

  • Data fusion of Sentinel-1 (SAR), Sentinel-2 (multispectral), and ALOS Global Digital Surface Model (DSM) to generate 52 predictor variables.
  • Utilized advanced machine learning models, including XGBR, Random Forest Regression (RFR), Support Vector Machine (SVM), and CatBoost Regression (CBR).
  • Employed a Genetic Algorithm (GA) for optimal feature selection and model optimization, focusing on bare land conditions.

Main Results:

  • The proposed XGBR-GA model, utilizing 21 optimal features, achieved the highest prediction performance with R² = 0.891 and RMSE = 0.875%.
  • The XGBR-GA model significantly outperformed RFR, SVM, and CBR in soil moisture prediction accuracy.
  • The study demonstrated the effectiveness of combining free, reliable remote sensing data (Sentinel and ALOS) for accurate soil moisture estimation.

Conclusions:

  • The XGBR-GA approach, leveraging fused remote sensing data, provides an effective and accurate method for estimating spatial soil moisture variability.
  • This framework supports precision agriculture and drought resilience by enabling better water use efficiency and smart irrigation management.
  • The utilization of free, high-resolution satellite data makes this approach scalable and economically viable for widespread application.