DocumentCode
1892673
Title
The potential of Cosmo-Skymed SAR images in mapping snow cover and snow water equivalent
Author
Pettinato, S. ; Santi, E. ; Brogioni, M. ; Paloscia, S. ; Pampaloni, P. ; Palchetti, E. ; Shi, Jianchen ; Xiong, Chuan
Author_Institution
Inst. of Appl. Phys., IFAC-CNR, Firenze, Italy
fYear
2011
fDate
24-29 July 2011
Firstpage
2733
Lastpage
2736
Abstract
Monitoring of snow cover is crucial to the study of global climate changes, for water resource management, as well flood and avalanche risk prevention. The sensitivity of X band backscattering of Cosmo-Skymed mission has been first exploited by using model simulation and experimental data. An algorithm for retrieving snow depth or snow water equivalent has been then developed and test with experimental data.
Keywords
disasters; environmental management; floods; hydrological techniques; remote sensing by radar; snow; synthetic aperture radar; water; water resources; Cosmo-Skymed SAR images; X-band backscattering; avalanche risk prevention; flood risk prevention; global climate change; snow cover mapping; snow water equivalent; water resource management; Artificial neural networks; Backscatter; Crystals; Extraterrestrial measurements; Remote sensing; Snow; Soil; COSMO-Skymed; SWE; Snow;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Vancouver, BC
ISSN
2153-6996
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1003-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049779
Filename
6049779
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