The potential of TRMM/PR data to monitor snow in Tibetan Plateau

Author

Wu, Shengli ; Mao, Kebiao ; Du, Jinyang ; Xu, Lina ; Wang, Jianming

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Remote Sensing Sci., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

25-29 July 2005

Abstract

This paper presents a study to demonstrate the potential of a spaceborne K_u-band APR (active phase-array radar) - Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation radar (PR) to monitor snow cover in Tibetan Plateau. A method based on the difference of backscattering from snow covered ground with zenithal/non-zenithal incidence angles was carried out and validated by a second-order RT model. In the end, we use the TRMM/PR data from 2003-01 to 2004-04 to do the snow monitor of several areas in Tibetan Plateau.

Keywords

backscatter; hydrological techniques; phased array radar; remote sensing by radar; snow; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; AD 2003 01 to 2004 04; China; TRMM/PR data; Tibetan Plateau; Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission precipitation radar; backscattering; nonzenithal incidence angles; snow cover monitoring; spaceborne K_u-band active phase-array radar; zenithal incidence angles; Backscatter; Electromagnetic heating; Instruments; Optical sensors; Radar measurements; Radar remote sensing; Remote monitoring; Rivers; Snow; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2005. IGARSS '05. Proceedings. 2005 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9050-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2005.1526107

Filename

1526107