Radar satellite snowmelt detection in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Author

Maxfield, Anthony Wankiewicz

Author_Institution

Nat. Hydrology Res. Inst., Saskatchewan, Sask., Canada

Volume

4

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

2074

Abstract

Multi-temporal radar satellite images of the Rocky Mountains near Banff are shown to illustrate snowmelt detection. Twelve ERS-1 images were studies to demonstrate the seasonal change in radar backscatter produced by absorption, scatter and reflection effects

Keywords

backscatter; hydrological techniques; radar applications; radar cross-sections; radar imaging; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; snow; spaceborne radar; Banff; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; ERS-1; Howard Douglas Massif; hydrology; land surface; measurement technique; radar backscatter; radar imaging; radar scattering C-band microwave; reflection effects; remote sensing; season; seasonal change; slope effect aspect Alberta; snow cover; snowcover; snowmelt; snowpack; spaceborne radar; terrain mapping; Backscatter; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Layout; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Radar scattering; Road transportation; Satellites; Snow; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399657

Filename

399657