Title :
Combined hemispherical scale SWE and snow clearance monitoring
Author :
Takala, M. ; Pulliainen, J. ; Luojus, K. ; Lemmetyinen, J. ; Kangwa, M. ; Metsämäki, S. ; Koskinen, J.
Author_Institution :
Finnish Meteorol. Inst., Helsinki, Finland
Abstract :
Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) is a measure which describes the amount of snow. The authors have developed algorithm to estimate SWE assimilating spaceborne and ground based observations. The authors have also developed algorithm to detect the snow clearance date. In this work those algorithms are combined to produce a single snow product. Two series of figures are presented and the improvements discussed.
Keywords :
atmospheric humidity; remote sensing; snow; Snow Water Equivalent; ground based observation; hemispherical scale SWE; snow clearance monitoring; spaceborne observation; Decision support systems; Radiometer; SWE; Snow; global; melting;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650728