Title :
Operational snow monitoring using satellite observations
Author :
Koskinen, Jarkko ; Pulliainen, Jouni ; Pylkkö, Pirkko ; Lahtine, Panu ; Takala, Matias ; Oancea, Simona ; Kärnä, Juha-Petri ; Metsämäki, Sari ; Eskelinen, Miia ; Anttila, Saku
Author_Institution :
Finnish Meteorological Inst., Helsinki
Abstract :
Finnish meteorological institute (FMI) has initiated together with Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) the development of operational European wide snow monitoring system that will employ satellite data, models and in situ observations. This will be developed in framework of two international projects: (1) HydroSAF supported by Eumetsat and (2) Polarview GMES service element sponsored by ESA. The goal is to provide following snow services operationally: (1) Snow recognition (SR), (2) Fractional snow covered area (SCA), (3) Snow cover status (ST) and (4) Snow water equivalence (SWE). The first two products are designed to cover Europe and the last two will cover also the Northern Eurasia.
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; remote sensing; snow; ESA; European snow monitoring system; Finnish Environment Institute; Finnish meteorological institute; Fractional snow covered area; Helsinki University of Technology; HydroSAF project; Northern Eurasia; Polarview GMES service; Snow cover status; Snow recognition; Snow water equivalence; in situ observations; satellite observations; snow services; Brightness temperature; Clouds; Earth; Europe; Meteorology; Monitoring; Radiometers; Satellites; Snow; Space technology; GMES; Operative Earth Observation; Snow;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423720
