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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025144
