Title :
Operational monitoring of snow cover in the Swiss Alps using real-time NOAA-AVHRR data
Author :
Voigt, Stefan ; Koch, Michael ; Baumgartner, Michael F.
Author_Institution :
Remote Sensing Res. Group, Bern Univ., Switzerland
Abstract :
A system to operationally monitor snow cover in the Swiss Alps using NOAA-AVHRR data is presented. The data are calibrated and normalised to allow the application of physically based classification thresholds. The results of the analysis of two time series of images dating from the years 1992 and 1996 are displayed. First experiences gathered during the real-time application in 1999 are reported
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; remote sensing; snow; AD 1992; AD 1996; AD 1999; Swiss Alps; calibration; classification thresholds; images; operational monitoring; real-time NOAA-AVHRR data; real-time application; snow cover; time series; Calibration; Layout; Predictive models; Real time systems; Remote monitoring; Satellites; Snow; Testing; Time series analysis; Water resources;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.774538
