• DocumentCode
    2094903
  • Title

    Effects of temperature and moisture of snow and soil on SSM/I response to snow

  • Author

    Hallikainen, Martti ; Halme, Pekka ; Takala, Matias ; Pulliainen, Jouni

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. of Space Technol., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Finland
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    680
  • Abstract
    The response of the SSM/I microwave radiometer to snow-covered terrain in Finland is investigated using data for the winters of 1996-97, 1997-98, and 1998-99. The effect of temperature to the brightness temperature of dry snow is examined and a method is proposed to reduce snow/soil temperature-caused fluctuations in the brightness temperature. The feasibility of the method is verified.
  • Keywords
    hydrological techniques; moisture; radiometry; remote sensing; snow; soil; AD 1996 to 1999; Finland; SSM/I response; brightness temperature; microwave radiometer; moisture; snow; snow-covered terrain; soil; temperature; temperature-caused fluctuations; winters; Brightness temperature; Laboratories; Microwave radiometry; Microwave technology; Moisture; Satellite broadcasting; Snow; Soil; Space technology; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7536-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025144
  • Filename
    1025144