Monitoring the Cryosphere using Radarsat-1 and SSM/I Data: an Overview of CRYSYS Related Accomplishments at INRS-ETE

Author

Bernier, Monique ; Gauthier, Yves

Author_Institution

Inst. Nat. de la Rech. Sci. - Eau, Terre & Environ., Quebec City, QC

fYear

2006

fDate

July 31 2006-Aug. 4 2006

Firstpage

1879

Lastpage

1882

Abstract

The cryosphere consists of ocean ice, glaciers, lake and river ice, snow cover, seasonally frozen ground and permafrost. During a decade (1995-2005), the CRYSYS project supported a network of researchers from universities and government laboratories involved in the monitoring of the Canadian cryosphere using remote sensing data and climatic models. Through this decade, INRS-ETE has been using remote sensing to develop tools for snow monitoring, seasonal frost mapping, and river ice characterization in Canada. This paper summarizes INRS-ETE main scientific accomplishments.

Keywords

climatology; glaciology; hydrological techniques; remote sensing by radar; rivers; snow; water resources; AD 1995 to AD 2005; CRYSYS project; Canada; INRS-ETE; Radarsat-1 data; SSM/I data; climatic models; cryosphere; frost mapping; frozen ground; glaciers; lake ice; ocean ice; permafrost; remote sensing data; river ice characterization; snow cover; snow monitoring; Educational institutions; Government; Ice; Laboratories; Remote monitoring; Rivers; Snow; Soil; Thermal resistance; Water resources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2006. IGARSS 2006. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9510-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2006.485

Filename

4241632