Title :
Experimental and modeling studies of microwave remote sensing of seasonal snow
Author :
Hallikainen, Martti T. ; Lemmetyinen, Juha ; Sievinen, Pauli
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radio Sci. & Eng., Helsinki Univ. of Technol. (TKK), Helsinki, Finland
Abstract :
Brightness temperatures of snow-covered terrain, measured at 37 GHz and 16.5 GHz over a whole season, are compared against theoretically modeled values, computed with observed snow parameters.
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; microwave measurement; radiometry; remote sensing; snow; frequency 16.5 GHz; frequency 37 GHz; microwave brightness temperatures; microwave remote sensing; seasonal snow; snow-covered terrain; Aluminum; Brightness temperature; Dielectrics; Extinction coefficients; Grain size; Information retrieval; Microwave radiometry; Microwave technology; Remote sensing; Snow; Snow; emission modeling; microwave radiometry;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3394-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3395-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5418027
