Title :
On estimation of snow water equivalence using L-band and Ku-band radar
Author :
Shi, Jiancheng ; Yueh, S. ; Cline, D.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Computational Earth Syst. Sci., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
The study of snow has become an important area of research in the natural sciences, particularly in hydrology and climatology. This study shows a concept of estimating snow water equivalence under the consideration of a dual frequency L- and Ku-band polarization system.
Keywords :
climatology; hydrological techniques; polarisation; remote sensing by radar; snow; Ku-band radar; L-band radar; climatology; dual frequency; hydrology; natural sciences; polarization system; snow water equivalence estimation; Backscatter; Frequency dependence; Frequency estimation; Instruments; L-band; Particle scattering; Polarization; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Snow;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293939
