• DocumentCode
    2859216
  • Title

    A Comparison of Finnish SCAmod Snow Maps and MODIS Snow Maps in Boreal Forests in Finland and in Manitoba, Canada

  • Author

    Anttila, Saku ; Metsämäki, Sari ; Derksen, Chris

  • Author_Institution
    Geoinformatics & land use Div., Finnish Environ. Inst., Helsinki
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    July 31 2006-Aug. 4 2006
  • Firstpage
    2176
  • Lastpage
    2179
  • Abstract
    The feasibility of two MODIS-based products for identifying fully and partly snow covered areas is investigated. MODIS daily snow maps by NASA and MODIS-derived fractional snow cover maps by Finnish Environment Institute´s (SYKE) SCAmo d-algorithm are compared and validated. The study was carried out for two boreal regions, Finland in North Europe and Manitoba area in Canada, covering an area of ~970 000 km2. Results indicate distinct differences in recognition of fractional snow coverage.
  • Keywords
    remote sensing; snow; vegetation; Boreal Forests; Canada; Finland; Finnish SCAmod snow maps; MODIS snow maps; Manitoba; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; North Europe; fractional snow cover mapping; snow covered area; Employment; MODIS; NASA; Nonhomogeneous media; Predictive models; Reflectivity; Rivers; Snow; Testing; Vegetation mapping;
  • 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.2006.562
  • Filename
    4241709
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2859216