Capability of radar and microwave radiometer to classify snow types in forested areas

Author

Koskinen, Jarkko ; Kurvonen, Lauri ; Jääskeläinen, Ville ; Hallikainen, Martti

Author_Institution

Lab. of Space Technol., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

1283

Abstract

The authors have organized several airborne campaigns with their dual-frequency scatterometer and multifrequency radiometer under various snow conditions. These data are complemented with ERS-1 SAR images of the same test site. The effect of land use categories (especially forests) to the snow mapping capability of radar and radiometer has been investigated

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; hydrological techniques; image classification; microwave measurement; radar applications; radar imaging; radiometry; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; snow; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; ERS-1; SAR image; atmosphere; dual-frequency scatterometer; forest; forested areas; hydrology; image classification; measurement technique; meteorology; microwave radiometry; multifrequency radiometer; radar remote sensing; snow cover snowpack; snow mapping; snow type; trees; Microwave radiometry; Radar measurements; Radar remote sensing; Remote monitoring; Snow; Soil measurements; Space technology; Spaceborne radar; Testing; Vegetation mapping;

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.1994.399417

Filename

399417