Jakob J. van Zyl

Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 1991-2018
Publications (10 Years): 8

Top Topics

Linear Regression

Automatic Target Recognition

Top Venues

IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.

IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens.

Publications

Mariko S. Burgin, Lukas Mandrake, Gary B. Doran Jr., Brian D. Bue, Jakob J. van Zyl
Soil Moisture Estimation by Linear Regression from Smap Polarimetric Radar Data with Aquarius Derived Coefficients. IGARSS (2018)
Yu Xian Lim, Mariko S. Burgin, Jakob J. van Zyl
An Optimal Nonnegative Eigenvalue Decomposition for the Freeman and Durden Three-Component Scattering Model. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 55 (4) (2017)
Mariko S. Burgin, Jakob J. van Zyl
Regression-based soil moisture estimation from SMAP polarimetric radar data with Aquarius derived coefficients. IGARSS (2017)
Seung-Bum Kim, Jakob J. van Zyl, Joel T. Johnson, Mahta Moghaddam, Leung Tsang, Andreas Colliander, Roy Scott Dunbar, Thomas J. Jackson, Sermsak Jaruwatanadilok, Richard D. West, Aaron Berg, Todd Caldwell, Michael H. Cosh, David C. Goodrich, Stanley Livingston, Ernesto López-Baeza, Tracy L. Rowlandson, Marc Thibeault, Jeffrey P. Walker, Dara Entekhabi, Eni G. Njoku, Peggy E. O'Neill, Simon H. Yueh
Surface Soil Moisture Retrieval Using the L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Onboard the Soil Moisture Active-Passive Satellite and Evaluation at Core Validation Sites. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 55 (4) (2017)
Mariko Burgin, Jakob J. van Zyl
Improving soil moisture estimation from polarimetric radar observations: A study of scene heterogeneity, land cover, and vegetation seasonality. IGARSS (2016)
Seung-Bum Kim, Jeffrey D. Ouellette, Jakob J. van Zyl, Joel T. Johnson
Detection of Inland Open Water Surfaces Using Dual Polarization L-Band Radar for the Soil Moisture Active Passive Mission. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 54 (6) (2016)
Mariko S. Burgin, Jakob J. van Zyl
Analysis of Polarimetric Radar Data and Soil Moisture From Aquarius: Towards a Regression-Based Soil Moisture Estimation Algorithm. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens. 9 (8) (2016)
Seung-Bum Kim, Jakob J. van Zyl, Joel T. Johnson, Mahta Moghaddam, Leung Tsang, Andreas Colliander, Roy Scott Dunbar, Thomas J. Jackson, Sermsak Jaruwatanadilok, Richard D. West, Aaron A. Berg, Todd Caldwell, Michael H. Cosh, Ernesto López-Baeza, Marc Thibeault, Jeffrey P. Walker, Dara Entekhabi, Simon Yueh
Surface soil moisture retrieval using L-band SMAP SAR data and its validation. IGARSS (2016)
Jeffrey Ouellette, Joel T. Johnson, Seung-Bum Kim, Jakob J. van Zyl, Mahta Moghaddam, Michael W. Spencer, Leung Tsang, Dara Entekhabi
A Simulation Study of Compact Polarimetry for Radar Retrieval of Soil Moisture. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 52 (9) (2014)
Uday K. Khankhoje, Jakob J. van Zyl, Thomas A. Cwik
Computation of Radar Scattering From Heterogeneous Rough Soil Using the Finite-Element Method. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 51 (6-1) (2013)
Motofumi Arii, Jakob J. van Zyl, Yunjin Kim
Improvement of adaptive-model based decomposition with polarization orientation compensation. IGARSS (2012)
Uday K. Khankhoje, Jakob J. van Zyl, Yunjin Kim, Thomas A. Cwik
Using polarimetric sar data to infer soil moisture from surfaces with varying subsurface moisture profiles. IGARSS (2012)
Seung-Bum Kim, Leung Tsang, Joel T. Johnson, Shaowu Huang, Jakob J. van Zyl, Eni G. Njoku
Soil Moisture Retrieval Using Time-Series Radar Observations Over Bare Surfaces. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 50 (5-2) (2012)
Jakob J. van Zyl, Motofumi Arii, Yunjin Kim
Model-Based Decomposition of Polarimetric SAR Covariance Matrices Constrained for Nonnegative Eigenvalues. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 49 (9) (2011)
Motofumi Arii, Jakob J. van Zyl, Yunjin Kim
Measuring orientation and randomness of vegetation using polarimetric SAR data. IGARSS (2011)
Motofumi Arii, Jakob J. van Zyl, Yunjin Kim
Adaptive Model-Based Decomposition of Polarimetric SAR Covariance Matrices. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 49 (3) (2011)
Scott Hensley, Thierry Michel, Jakob J. van Zyl, Ronald Muellerschoen, Bruce Chapman, Shadi Oveisgharan, Ziad S. Haddad, Thomas J. Jackson, Iliana Mladenova
Effect of Soil Moisture on polarimetric-interferometric repeat pass observations by UAVSAR during 2010 Canadian Soil Moisture campaign. IGARSS (2011)
Jiancheng Shi, Kun-Shan Chen, Leung Tsang, Thomas J. Jackson, Eni G. Njoku, Jakob J. van Zyl, Peggy O'Neill, Dara Entekhabi, Joel T. Johnson, Mahta Moghaddam
Deriving soil moisture with the combined L-band radar and radiometer measurements. IGARSS (2010)
Motofumi Arii, Jakob J. van Zyl, Yunjin Kim
A General Characterization for Polarimetric Scattering From Vegetation Canopies. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 48 (9) (2010)
Dara Entekhabi, Eni G. Njoku, Peggy O'Neill, Kent H. Kellogg, Wade T. Crow, Wendy N. Edelstein, Jared Entin, Shawn D. Goodman, Thomas J. Jackson, Joel T. Johnson, John S. Kimball, Jeffrey R. Piepmeier, Randal D. Koster, Neil Martin, Kyle McDonald, Mahta Moghaddam, Mary Susan Moran, Rolf Reichle, Jiancheng Shi, Michael W. Spencer, Samuel W. Thurman, Leung Tsang, Jakob J. van Zyl
The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission. Proc. IEEE 98 (5) (2010)
Motofumi Arii, Jakob J. van Zyl, Yunjin Kim
Retriveval of soll moisture under vegetation using Polarimetric Scattering Cubes. IGARSS (2010)
Yunjin Kim, Jakob J. van Zyl
A Time-Series Approach to Estimate Soil Moisture Using Polarimetric Radar Data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 47 (8-1) (2009)
Jakob J. van Zyl, Yunjin Kim, Motofumi Arii
Requirements for Model-based Polarimetric Decompositions. IGARSS (5) (2008)
Yunjin Kim, Jakob J. van Zyl
A Time Series Approach for Soil Moisture Estimation. IGARSS (2006)
Anhua Chu, Yunjin Kim, Jakob J. van Zyl, Yunling Lou, Bruce Chapman
The interferometric data calibration for the AIRSAR PacRim II mission. IGARSS (2005)
Jiancheng Shi, Yunjin Kim, Jakob J. van Zyl, Eni G. Njoku, Thomas J. Jackson, Kun-Shan Chen, Peggy O'Neill
Estimation of soil moisture with the combined L-band radar and radi ometer measurements. IGARSS (2005)
Anhua Chu, Jakob J. van Zyl, Yunjin Kim, Yunling Lou, David A. Imel, Wayne Tung, Bruce Chapman, Stephen L. Durden
AIRSAR automated web-based data processing and distribution system. IGARSS (2005)
Yunjin Kim, Jakob J. van Zyl
Overview of hydros radar soil moisture algorithm. IGARSS (2005)
Jakob J. van Zyl, Yunjin Kim
Estimating soil moisture for vegetated terrain: a discussion of possible approaches relevant to the HYDROS mission. IGARSS (2005)
Dara Entekhabi, Eni G. Njoku, Paul R. Houser, Michael W. Spencer, Terence Doiron, Yunjin Kim, Joel Smith, Ralph Girard, Stephane Belair, Wade T. Crow, Thomas J. Jackson, Yann H. Kerr, John S. Kimball, Randy Koster, Kyle McDonald, Peggy O'Neill, Terry Pultz, Steven W. Running, Jiancheng Shi, Eric F. Wood, Jakob J. van Zyl
The hydrosphere State (hydros) Satellite mission: an Earth system pathfinder for global mapping of soil moisture and land freeze/thaw. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 42 (10) (2004)
Yunjin Kim, Jakob J. van Zyl
Vegetation effects on soil moisture estimation. IGARSS (2004)
Jiancheng Shi, Kun-Shan Chen, Yunjin Kim, Jakob J. van Zyl, Guoqing Sun, Peggy O'Neill, Thomas J. Jackson, Dara Entekhabi
Estimation of soil moisture with l-band multi-polarization radar. IGARSS (2004)
Yunjin Kim, Jakob J. van Zyl, Jiancheng Shi
A soil moisture algorithm using tilted Bragg approximation. IGARSS (2003)
Jakob J. van Zyl, Eni G. Njoku, Thomas J. Jackson
Quantitative analysis of SMEX'02 AIRSAR data for soil moisture inversion. IGARSS (2003)
Jakob J. van Zyl, Yunjin Kim
The use of polarimetric and interferometric SAR data in floodplain mapping. IGARSS (2003)
Jiancheng Shi, Kun-Shan Chen, Jakob J. van Zyl, Yunjin Kim, Eni G. Njoku
Estimate relative soil moisture change with multi-temporal L-band radar measurements. IGARSS (2002)
Yunjin Kim, Jakob J. van Zyl
On the relationship between polarimetric parameters and soil moisture. IGARSS (2002)
Ziad S. Haddad, Pascale Dubois, Jakob J. van Zyl
Bayesian estimation of soil parameters from radar backscatter data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 34 (1) (1996)
Pascale C. Dubois, Jakob J. van Zyl, Ted Engman
Corrections to "Measuring Soil Moisture with Imaging Radars". IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 33 (6) (1995)
Pascale C. Dubois, Jakob J. van Zyl, Ted Engman
Measuring soil moisture with imaging radars. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 33 (4) (1995)
Eric J. M. Rignot, Reiner Zimmermann, Jakob J. van Zyl
Spaceborne applications of P band imaging radars for measuring forest biomass. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 33 (5) (1995)
Ellen R. Stofan, Diane L. Evans, Christiane Schmullius, Benjamin Holt, Jeffrey J. Plaut, Jakob J. van Zyl, Stephen D. Wall, JoBea Way
Overview of results of Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C, X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR). IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 33 (4) (1995)
Eric J. M. Rignot, Jakob J. van Zyl
Change detection techniques for ERS-1 SAR data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 31 (4) (1993)
Jakob J. van Zyl
The effect of topography on radar scattering from vegetated areas. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 31 (1) (1993)
Jakob J. van Zyl, Bruce Chapman, Pascale C. Dubois, Jiancheng Shi
The effect of topography on SAR calibration. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 31 (5) (1993)
Diane L. Evans, Thomas G. Farr, Jakob J. van Zyl
Estimates of surface roughness derived from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 30 (2) (1992)
Pascale C. Dubois, Diane L. Evans, Jakob J. van Zyl
Approach to derivation of SIR-C science requirements for calibration. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 30 (6) (1992)
Anthony Freeman, Jakob J. van Zyl, Jeffrey D. Klein, Howard A. Zebker, Yuhsyen Shen
Calibration of Stokes and scattering matrix format polarimetric SAR data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 30 (3) (1992)
Howard Allan Zebker, Jakob J. van Zyl, Stephen L. Durden, Lynne Norikane
Calibrated imaging radar polarimetry: technique, examples, and applications. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 29 (6) (1991)
Jakob J. van Zyl, Charles F. Burnette
Data volume reduction for single-look polarimetric imaging radar data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 29 (5) (1991)
Howard A. Zebker, Jakob J. van Zyl
Imaging radar polarimetry: a review. Proc. IEEE 79 (11) (1991)