Title :
Radar satellite snowmelt detection in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Author :
Maxfield, Anthony Wankiewicz
Author_Institution :
Nat. Hydrology Res. Inst., Saskatchewan, Sask., Canada
Abstract :
Multi-temporal radar satellite images of the Rocky Mountains near Banff are shown to illustrate snowmelt detection. Twelve ERS-1 images were studies to demonstrate the seasonal change in radar backscatter produced by absorption, scatter and reflection effects
Keywords :
backscatter; hydrological techniques; radar applications; radar cross-sections; radar imaging; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; snow; spaceborne radar; Banff; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; ERS-1; Howard Douglas Massif; hydrology; land surface; measurement technique; radar backscatter; radar imaging; radar scattering C-band microwave; reflection effects; remote sensing; season; seasonal change; slope effect aspect Alberta; snow cover; snowcover; snowmelt; snowpack; spaceborne radar; terrain mapping; Backscatter; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Layout; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Radar scattering; Road transportation; Satellites; Snow; Spaceborne radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International
Conference_Location :
Pasadena, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1497-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399657
