• DocumentCode
    2063507
  • Title

    Effect of land-cover type and season in microwave remote sensing of snow

  • Author

    Jääskeläinen, Ville ; Kurvonen, Lauri ; Hallikainen, Martti

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. of Space Technol., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    18-21 Aug 1993
  • Firstpage
    1046
  • Abstract
    The feasibility of remote sensing of snow by microwave radar and radiometry is investigated in a 3-year program. The main goals of the program are to determine the capability of radar and radiometry to map the extent and characteristics of snow cover and the effect of forest canopies to snow mapping. The analysis is based on airborne data and ERS-1 SAR data. Preliminary results from the project are presented
  • Keywords
    hydrological techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; snow; synthetic aperture radar; SAR method; forest; hydrology; land surface; land-cover type; measurement technique; microwave radiometry; microwave remote sensing; radar remote sensing; season; snow cover; snowcover; synthetic aperture radar; Backscatter; Brightness temperature; Land surface temperature; Microwave radiometry; Radar measurements; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing; Snow; Testing; Vegetation mapping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International
  • Conference_Location
    Tokyo
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1240-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322645
  • Filename
    322645