Title :
Snow measurement with microwave data from NOAA satellites
Author :
Ruiyun, Liu ; Lujun, Guo ; Jingning, Luo
Author_Institution :
Nat. Satellite Meteorol. Center, China Meteorol. Adm., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Microwave data (TOVS) from NOAA satellites are used to monitor snow coverage in this study. The spectral difference between MSU-1 (centered at 50.31 GHz) and HIRS/2-8 (Centered at 11.10 μm) is used to identify the cloud free area; the MSU-1. HIRS/2-8 and HIRS/2-19 (centered at 3.70 μm) are combined to screen out the non-snow target with high albedo; finally the reflection character of HIRS/2-20 (centered at 0.70 μm) is used to distinguish snow. Two tests were made to compare with the real cases of snow coverage in the east of China in January, 1993, and the east of the Tibetan plateau in 1991
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; remote sensing; snow; 0.7 to 11.1 micron; 50.31 GHz; China; EHF; HIRS/2-20; HIRS/2-8; MSU-1; NOAA satellites; TOVS; Tibetan plateau; microwave data; reflection character; snow coverage monitoring; snow measurement; Brightness temperature; Clouds; Data processing; Electromagnetic heating; Land surface; Meteorology; Microwave measurements; Rough surfaces; Satellites; Snow;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology Proceedings, 1998. ICMMT '98. 1998 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4308-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICMMT.1998.768461
