Soil moisture detection research, which influences crop growth, land use, and soil erosion, is receiving significant attention. This study proposes a nondestructive, integrated ultrawideband (UWB)-based framework for soil moisture measurement and prediction. The method utilizes a UWB-loaded unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to gather radar echo data, circumventing soil damage issues inherent in current research and equipment. We first employ time-frequency analysis methods to convert the echo signals into 2-D spectrograms, constructing datasets labeled with soil moisture. Then, a trained neural network is used to predict the soil moisture at single point. Additionally, a novel interpolation method is proposed to enhance prediction accuracy (ACC) for the ridge-furrow structure of farmland. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm achieves a soil moisture measurement ACC of 98% in both vegetated and nonvegetated conditions, indicating strong robustness. In terms of moisture distribution prediction, the mean squared error (mse) of soil moisture spatial distribution prediction is reduced by 42% compared to traditional methods. Therefore, this system provides technical support for efficient, large-scale, and nondestructive soil information collection.

来源平台：IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING