Title :
ERS-1 SAR for snow monitoring
Author :
Guneriussen, Tore ; Høgda, Kjell Arid ; Sand, Knut
Author_Institution :
NORUT Inf. Technol. Ltd., Tromso, Norway
Abstract :
Describes the project to assess the potential of SAR data for snow cover monitoring. The project is a joint project between NORUT IT and SINTEF-NHL. The authors have acquired 16 ERS-1 SAR data sets and conducted four field measurements from a test area in Norway in the snow melt period of 1992. The preliminary results shows that the C-band SAR is capable of discriminating between dry and wet snow
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; oceanographic regions; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; snow; synthetic aperture radar; AD 1992; C-band SHF microwave; ERS-1; NORUT IT; Norway; SAR; SINTEF-NHL; dry snow wetness; geophysical measurement technique; land surface hydrology; monitoring; radar remote sensing; snow cover; snowcover; wet snow; Area measurement; Backscatter; Data analysis; Dielectric constant; Hydroelectric power generation; Information technology; Lakes; Monitoring; Snow; Testing;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322046
