Title
Airborne retrievals of snow and ice surface emissivity at millimeter wavelengths
Abstract
Passive microwave radiometers (24-157 GHz) have been flown over Baltic Sea ice and snow sites in April 1995 and on March 15, 1997. Data from these instruments are analyzed with reference to ground measurements of snow and ice conditions, and emissivity spectra are presented for 12 classifications of surface type. A simple model based on dielectric permittivity can accurately represent the microwave spectra of sea ice, but cannot be extended to the behavior of dry snow above 100 GHz without the addition of an extra term to represent volume scattering. The parameterization presented is intended to provide a background for temperature and humidity retrievals from satellite sounders, but the results will be of interest to the snow and ice remote-sensing communities
Year
DOI
Venue
1999
10.1109/36.774700
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
atmospheric humidity,atmospheric techniques,atmospheric temperature,hydrological techniques,oceanographic regions,oceanographic techniques,radiometry,remote sensing,sea ice,snow,24 to 157 GHz,AD 1995 04,AD 1997 03,Baltic Sea,Finland,Gulf of Bothnia,airborne retrieval,dielectric permittivity,dry snow,emissivity,humidity,ice conditions,measurement technique,microwave radiometry,microwave spectra,millimeter wavelengths,mm wave,ocean,parameterization,remote sensing,sea ice,snow cover,snowcover,snowpack,temperature
Sea ice concentration,Sea ice,Sea surface temperature,Remote sensing,Sea ice thickness,Sea ice emissivity modelling,Emissivity,Snowpack,Mathematics,Snow
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
37
4
0196-2892
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
25
7.89
1
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hewison, T.J.17920.66
S. J. English23810.40