The potential of RADARSAT data to estimate the snow water equivalent based on results from ERS-1

Author

Bernier, Monique ; Fortin, Jean-Pierre ; Gauthier, Yves

Author_Institution

INRS-Eau, Sainte-Foy, Que., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

1496

Abstract

Data from over 40 ERS-1 images acquired over Quebec has been analysed. From those results, it is expected that RADARSAT data will permit the monitoring of the snow cover parameters of a given watershed. Both standard mode data and SCANSAR data could be used to map the extent of the wet snow cover or the frozen soil in specific areas. Calibrated standard mode data should give also some information about the spatial distribution of the SWE, although the need for a model with regionalized parameters is expected

Keywords

hydrological techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; snow; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; C-band; Canada; ERS-1; Quebec; RADARSAT; SCANSAR; SHF; X-band; frozen soil; geophysical measurement technique; hydrology; microwave; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; snow cover; snow water equivalent; spaceborne radar; spatial distribution; standard mode; watershed; wet snow cover; Ambient intelligence; Condition monitoring; Image analysis; Image resolution; Monitoring; Radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Snow; Soil; Spatial resolution; Telephony; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.521790

Filename

521790