Hourly simulations of the microwave brightness temperature of seasonal snow in Quebec, Canada, using a coupled snow evolution-emission model

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1966-1977

  Brucker, L ^a   Royer, A ^b   Picard, G ^a   Langlois, A ^b   Fily, M ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crocus snow model; MEMLS radiative transfer model; Microwave brightness temperature; Snow; Surface based radiometer

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; COUPLED MODELS; DRY SNOW; EVOLUTION MODELS; GLOBAL TRENDS; HORIZONTAL POLARIZATION; HOURLY SIMULATION; INPUT VARIABLES; MEMLS RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE EMISSION MODELS; PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; QUEBEC , CANADA; RAIN-ON-SNOW; RESIDUAL ERROR; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEASONAL SNOWPACK; SNOW GRAIN SIZE; SNOW MODELS; SNOW PROPERTIES; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SURFACE-BASED; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VERTICAL POLARIZATION; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WINTER SEASONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LUMINANCE; MELTING; MICROWAVES; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES;

SNOW;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; EMISSIVITY; GRAIN SIZE; MELTING; METAMORPHISM; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME SERIES;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

CROCUS;

EID: 79957595656     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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