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Abstract | ||
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The retrieval of snow parameters, and snow water equivalent in particular, are key parameters in hydrology and climate research. Theory, ground-based signature research and analysis of spaceborne scatterometry suggests that the high-frequency combination of Ku- and X-band active microwave sensors is an excellent tool for the retrieval of snow physical properties. In order to validate this, a snow measurement campaign was carried out with the University of Cranfield's portable Ground-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar (GB-SAR) System during the winter of 2006/7 at two test-sites in the Austrian Alps close to Innsbruck. Fully polarimetric X-and Ku- band back scatter signatures were acquired over a range of incidence angles (similar to 20 degrees-70 degrees), with the active sensor operating predominately in SAR mode, but occasionally also in InSAR mode. Microwave signatures and snow properties were measured on seven different dates-Detailed complementary meteorological and snow metamorphic conditions were also recorded. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2007 | 10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423022 | IGARSS: 2007 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM, VOLS 1-12: SENSING AND UNDERSTANDING OUR PLANET |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
synthetic aperture radar, snow, ice | Meteorology,Spaceborne radar,Microwave,Interferometric synthetic aperture radar,Polarimetry,Ku band,Computer science,Synthetic aperture radar,Backscatter,Remote sensing,Snow | Conference |
ISSN | Citations | PageRank |
2153-6996 | 5 | 0.79 |
References | Authors | |
2 | 5 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Morrison | 1 | 72 | 10.51 |
| Helmut Rott | 2 | 5 | 0.79 |
| Thomas Nagler | 3 | 57 | 14.13 |
| Helge Rebhan | 4 | 12 | 3.55 |
| Patrick Wursteisen | 5 | 35 | 6.47 |