Comparison of multiple layer snow emission models

11th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, MicroRad 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 99-103

  Lemmetyinen, J ^a   Kontu, A ^a   Rees, A ^b   Derksen, C ^c   Pulliainen, J ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emission model; Passive microwave; Snow

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; DATA SETS; EMISSION MODEL; FINLAND; MODELING ERRORS; MULTIPLE LAYERS; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; SNOW STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE-BASED; THEORETICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; STRATIGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 77958093716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MICRORAD.2010.5559580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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