Title :
Monitoring of temporal and spatial variability of the East-Antarctic plateau using passive microwave data
Author :
Macelloni, Giovanni ; Brogioni, Marco ; Paloscia, Simonetta ; Pampaloni, Paolo ; Pettinato, Simone ; Santi, Emanuele
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Nat. Res. Council, Firenze
Abstract :
The Antarctic plateau is a part of Antarctica extending for a few hundred kilometers around the South Pole with an average elevation close to 3000 m a.s.l.. This area provides unique opportunities for various scientific disciplines including Glaciology, Atmospheric and Earth Sciences. In this paper temporal and spatial variability of multi-frequency microwave emission from the East Antarctic plateau by using AMSR-E data collected from 2005 to 2007 is analyzed.
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; glaciology; microwave measurement; radiometry; remote sensing; AD 2005 to 2007; AMSR-E data; South Pole; east Antarctic plateau; glaciology; multifrequency microwave emission; passive microwave data; spatial variability; temporal variability; Antarctica; Brightness temperature; Ice surface; Microwave radiometry; Monitoring; Ocean temperature; Sea surface; Snow; Surface morphology; Surface topography; AMSR-E; Antarctica; Microwave Radiometer;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, 2008. MICRORAD 2008
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1986-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1987-6
DOI :
10.1109/MICRAD.2008.4579497
