Title :
The potential of Cosmo-Skymed SAR images in mapping snow cover and snow water equivalent
Author :
Pettinato, S. ; Santi, E. ; Brogioni, M. ; Paloscia, S. ; Pampaloni, P. ; Palchetti, E. ; Shi, Jianchen ; Xiong, Chuan
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., IFAC-CNR, Firenze, Italy
Abstract :
Monitoring of snow cover is crucial to the study of global climate changes, for water resource management, as well flood and avalanche risk prevention. The sensitivity of X band backscattering of Cosmo-Skymed mission has been first exploited by using model simulation and experimental data. An algorithm for retrieving snow depth or snow water equivalent has been then developed and test with experimental data.
Keywords :
disasters; environmental management; floods; hydrological techniques; remote sensing by radar; snow; synthetic aperture radar; water; water resources; Cosmo-Skymed SAR images; X-band backscattering; avalanche risk prevention; flood risk prevention; global climate change; snow cover mapping; snow water equivalent; water resource management; Artificial neural networks; Backscatter; Crystals; Extraterrestrial measurements; Remote sensing; Snow; Soil; COSMO-Skymed; SWE; Snow;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1003-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049779
