Title :
Estimation of snow water equivalence with two Ku-band dual polarization radar
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Comput. Earth Syst. Sci., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA
Abstract :
Snow water equivalence is an important parameter for studies of the natural sciences, particularly in hydrology and climatology. This study demonstrates a concept of estimating snow water equivalence under the consideration of a dual frequency Ku band (13.4 GHz and 17 GHz) and a dual polarization system
Keywords :
backscatter; climatology; hydrological techniques; hydrology; microwave imaging; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; snow; 13.4 GHz; 17 GHz; Ku-band dual polarization radar; backscattering; climatology; dual frequency Ku band; hydrology; snow water equivalence; Backscatter; Frequency estimation; Ground penetrating radar; Ice; Particle scattering; Polarization; Radar scattering; Snow; Spaceborne radar; Water;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370646
