GLI cryosphere products and validation

Author

Hori, Masahiro ; Aoki, Teruo ; Hachikubo, Akihiro ; Tanikawa, Tomonori ; Iizuka, Yasuko ; Motoyoshi, Hiroki ; Stamnes, Knut ; Li, Wei ; Eide, Hans ; Storvold, Rune

Author_Institution

Earth Obs. Res. & Application Center, Japan Aerosp. Exploration Agency, Tokyo, Japan

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

20-24 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

1823

Abstract

The Global Imager (GLI) aboard the ADEOS-II satellite launched in December 14, 2002 observed sunlight reflection and infrared emission from the Earth´s surface globally, and detected various geophysical parameters (e.g., snow and sea-ice cover extent, snow grain size and impurity). They contribute to the investigation of global hydrological cycle and radiation budget that are primal factors of the global climate change. Preliminary analysis results of the GLI snow products with 6-month GLI data and their validation results are presented.

Keywords

climatology; geomorphology; hydrological techniques; snow; AD 2002 12 14; ADEOS-II satellite; Earth surface; GLI cryosphere products; GLI snow product; Global Imager aboard; geophysical parameters; global climate change; global hydrological cycle; global radiation; impurity; infrared emission; sea-ice cover; snow grain size; sunlight reflection; Earth; Grain size; Impurities; Infrared detectors; Infrared imaging; Reflection; Satellites; Sea ice; Sea surface; Snow;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8742-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370691

Filename

1370691