Title :
Effect of land-cover type and season in microwave remote sensing of snow
Author :
Jääskeläinen, Ville ; Kurvonen, Lauri ; Hallikainen, Martti
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Space Technol., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
The feasibility of remote sensing of snow by microwave radar and radiometry is investigated in a 3-year program. The main goals of the program are to determine the capability of radar and radiometry to map the extent and characteristics of snow cover and the effect of forest canopies to snow mapping. The analysis is based on airborne data and ERS-1 SAR data. Preliminary results from the project are presented
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; snow; synthetic aperture radar; SAR method; forest; hydrology; land surface; land-cover type; measurement technique; microwave radiometry; microwave remote sensing; radar remote sensing; season; snow cover; snowcover; synthetic aperture radar; Backscatter; Brightness temperature; Land surface temperature; Microwave radiometry; Radar measurements; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing; Snow; Testing; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1240-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322645
