Evaluation of the data obtained by satellite-borne microwave sensor for snowpack observation

Author

Suzuki, Masahiro ; Sasaki, Masami ; Murata, Kazumi ; Fujino, Kazuo ; Takeda, Kaname

Author_Institution

Hokkaido Inst. of Technol., Sapporo, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

1518

Abstract

Analysis using a snowpack scattering model was carried out to obtain the backscattering coefficient, which was measured by a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) mounted on the satellites JERS-1 and ERS-1. Results of the analysis showed that JERS-1 SAR is effective for measuring snow depth and water content in wet snow, and ERS-1 SAR is effective for measuring snow depth and grain size in dry snow. Also, the results of a comparison of data obtained from ERS-1 SAR and ground truth data of snowpack in Hokkaido area showed that this method of analysis is valid for estimating snowpack parameters

Keywords

backscatter; hydrological techniques; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; snow; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; ERS-1; Hokkaido; JERS-1; Japan; SAR; backscatter; dry snow; grain size; hydrology; measurement technique; radar remote sensing; radar scattering model; satellite; satellite-borne microwave sensor; snow cover; snow depth; snowcover; snowpack; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; water content; wet snow; Backscatter; Grain size; Microwave sensors; Parameter estimation; Particle scattering; Radar scattering; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Size measurement; Snow; Soil; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.521797

Filename

521797