• DocumentCode
    1026700
  • Title

    Snow Property Measurements Correlative to Microwave Emission at 35 GHz

  • Author

    Davis, Robert E. ; Dozier, Jeff ; Chang, Alfred T C

  • Author_Institution
    Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory, Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    751
  • Lastpage
    757
  • Abstract
    Snow microstructure, measured by plane section analysis, and snow wetness, measured by the dilution method, are used to calculate input parameters for a microwave emission model that uses the radiative transfer method. The scattering and absorbing properties are calculated by Mie theory. The effects of different equivalent sphere conversions, adjustments for near-field interference, and different snow wetness characterizations are compared for various snow conditions.
  • Keywords
    Brightness temperature; Ice; Microstructure; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Microwave theory and techniques; Mie scattering; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Snow; Snow; microstructure; microwave; radiative transfer; wetness;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0196-2892
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TGRS.1987.289745
  • Filename
    4072718