Title :
A Comparison of Finnish SCAmod Snow Maps and MODIS Snow Maps in Boreal Forests in Finland and in Manitoba, Canada
Author :
Anttila, Saku ; Metsämäki, Sari ; Derksen, Chris
Author_Institution :
Geoinformatics & land use Div., Finnish Environ. Inst., Helsinki
fDate :
July 31 2006-Aug. 4 2006
Abstract :
The feasibility of two MODIS-based products for identifying fully and partly snow covered areas is investigated. MODIS daily snow maps by NASA and MODIS-derived fractional snow cover maps by Finnish Environment Institute´s (SYKE) SCAmo d-algorithm are compared and validated. The study was carried out for two boreal regions, Finland in North Europe and Manitoba area in Canada, covering an area of ~970 000 km2. Results indicate distinct differences in recognition of fractional snow coverage.
Keywords :
remote sensing; snow; vegetation; Boreal Forests; Canada; Finland; Finnish SCAmod snow maps; MODIS snow maps; Manitoba; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; North Europe; fractional snow cover mapping; snow covered area; Employment; MODIS; NASA; Nonhomogeneous media; Predictive models; Reflectivity; Rivers; Snow; Testing; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2006. IGARSS 2006. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9510-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2006.562
