Observation of melt onset in an arctic tundra landscape using high resolution TerraSAR-X and RADARSAT-2 data

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3552-3555

  Sobiech, Jennifer ^a   Boike, Julia ^a   Dierking, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active Layer Thaw; Permafrost; RADARSAT 2; Snowmelt; TerraSAR X

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ARCTIC TUNDRA; ENERGY FLUXES; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL UNITS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; LAND SURFACE; POLARIMETRIC DECOMPOSITION; RADARSAT-2; SIBERIA; SNOWMELT; TERRASAR-X;

BACKSCATTERING; FROZEN SOILS; GEOLOGY; LAKES; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SPACE OPTICS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; THAWING;

SATELLITES;

EID: 84873108060     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350652     Document Type: Conference Paper

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