Estimation of snow water equivalence using SIR-C/X-SAR

Author

Shi, Jiancheng ; Dozier, Jeff

Author_Institution

Inst. for Comput. Earth Syst. Sci., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 May 1996

Firstpage

2002

Abstract

In hydrological investigations, modeling and forecasting of snow melt runoff requires information about snowpack properties and their spatial variability. This study demonstrates the capabilities of the SIR-C/X-SAR, a multi-frequency and multi-polarization spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR), on deriving snow water equivalence. In contrast to a single-polarization SAR, this study shows that SIR-C/X-SAR has the capabilities to estimate snow water equivalence when snow is dry

Keywords

hydrological techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; snow; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; SAR; SHF; SIR; SIR-C; X-SAR; X-band; hydrology; microwave radar; multi-polarization; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; snow cover; snow melt; snow water equivalence; snowcover; snowpack; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; water equivalent; Backscatter; Frequency; L-band; Particle scattering; Polarization; Radar scattering; Rough surfaces; Snow; Synthetic aperture radar; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International

Conference_Location

Lincoln, NE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3068-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516869

Filename

516869