[Departement_IRSTEA]Territoires [TR1_IRSTEA]SYNERGIE [Axe_IRSTEA]TETIS-ATTOSInternational audienceWe propose in this study to analyze the potential of TerraSAR-X and COSMO-SkyMedSAR measurements to retrieve surface parameters over bare soils. We consider a statistical analysis of the relationships between X-band SAR backscattering signals function of soil moisture and different roughness parameters (the root mean square height Hrms, the Zs parameter and the Zg parameter) at HH polarization and for an incidence angle about 36°. Results have shown a high sensitivity of real radar data to the two soil parameters: roughness and moisture. A linear relationship is obtained between volumetric soil moisture and radar signal with the strongest corre...