Estimating snow particle size using TM band-4

Author

Shi, Jiancheng ; Dozier, Jeff

Author_Institution

Center for Remote Sensing & Environ. Opt., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

2078

Abstract

The snowpack parameters are important to climatological and hydrological investigations. Using data acquired with the Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) over the Oetztal Alps and Wapta, the authors derived snow particle size maps from TM band-4. The information with temporal and spatial variations in snow properties will prove our understanding of the processes of natural snowpacks and provide the quantitative measurements for climatological and hydrological studies

Keywords

hydrological techniques; image colour analysis; remote sensing; snow; 760 to 790 nm; AD 1989; AD 1991; Austria; Landsat MSS Thematic Mapper TM imaging; Oetztal Alps; Wapta; band-4; hydrology; land surface; measurement technique; mountainous terrain; satellite remote sensing; snow cover; snow particle size; snowpack snowcover; terrain mapping; visible multispectral method; Grain size; Hydrologic measurements; Hydrology; Ice; Light scattering; Particle scattering; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Snow; Water;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399658

Filename

399658