The invention belongs to the agricultural 
remote sensing field and relates to a 
crop yield 
estimation method based on dual-polarized 
synthetic aperture radar and 
crop model 
data assimilation. The method includes the following specific steps that: S1, the 
satellite data of a dual-polarized 
synthetic aperture radar are acquired; S2, polarization 
decomposition is performed on the pre-processed data of the dual-polarized 
synthetic aperture radar; S3, an LAI inversion model of a scattering component relation combination with the highest precision is selected, so that a 
remote sensing observation LAI can be obtained; S4, the WOFOST model of crops in a study area is calibrated, so that a WOFOST 
model simulation LAI is obtained; S5, the two kinds of LAIs are assimilated with a 
particle filter algorithm; and S6, the S5 is executed on 
crop grids one by one, an optimized 
crop growth period LAI trajectory is adopted to re-drive the WOFOST model, so that 
spatial mapping can be carried out. According to the method of the invention, the advantages of the 
remote sensing data of the SAR and the crop model are combined, and abundant information provided by the data of the multi-polarized SAR is fully utilized, and therefore, the problem of the missing of optical remote 
sensing data in the key growth period of corns can be solved, the yield 
simulation of the crop model is improved, the LAI trajectory during the 
crop growth period is optimized accurately, and crop yields can be estimated on a regional scale.