Title :
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
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;
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.1994.399658
