Snowpack characterization in mountainous regions using C-band SAR data and a meteorological model

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 406-418

  Longépé, Nicolas ^a   Allain, Sophie ^a   Ferro Famil, Laurent ^a   Pottier, Eric ^a   Durand, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Remote sensing; Snow; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; HUMIDITY CONTROL; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MULTILAYERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROGRAMMING THEORY; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ACCURATE MODELING; BACKSCATTERING MODELS; C-BAND SAR DATUM; DUAL POLARIZATIONS; LIMITED RESOLUTIONS; LIQUID WATER CONTENTS; LIQUID WATERS; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; OPERATIONAL METHODS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SAR DATUM; SNOW COVERS; SNOW MODELS; SPATIAL REORGANIZATIONS; STRONG FLUCTUATION THEORIES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR); VECTOR RADIATIVE TRANSFERS; WET SNOWS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; MOUNTAIN REGION; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 59849116167     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2006048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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