Monitoring alpine snow cover variations using NOAA-AVHRR data

Author

Baumgartner, Michael F. ; Apfl, Gabriela ; Holzer, Thorbjom

Author_Institution

Dept. of Geogr., Bern Univ., Switzerland

Volume

4

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

2087

Abstract

The present discussion of climate change leads to the question of the influence of temperature and precipitation changes on the alpine snow cover patterns and the consecutive snowmelt runoff. The monitoring of snow cover variations in the European Alps is performed using digital NOAA-AVHRR data. Satellite image processing, geographic information system analyses, database management, and snowmelt runoff modelling with the Snowmelt Runoff Model (SRM) were used for quantifying snow cover variations and snowmelt runoff. All these different procedures are integrated into the Alpine Snow Cover Analysis System (ASCAS) allowing efficiently to monitor the ongoing changes

Keywords

hydrological techniques; hydrology; infrared imaging; remote sensing; snow; ASCAS; AVHRR satellite method; Alpine Snow Cover Analysis System; Europe; Europe Alps mountains; Snowmelt Runoff Model; alpine snow cover variation; geographic information system; hydrology; image processing; measurement technique; model; optical imaging IR imaging infrared; remote sensing; snowcover snow cover; snowmelt runoff; snowpack mountainous area; Data analysis; Geographic Information Systems; Image analysis; Image databases; Image processing; Information analysis; Monitoring; Satellites; Snow; Temperature;

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.1994.399661

Filename

399661