The use of RADARSAT-2 and TerraSAR-X data for the evaluation of snow characteristics in subarctic regions

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3556-3559

  Duguay, Yannick ^a,b   Bernier, Monique ^a,b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multifrequency; RADARSAT 2; SAR; Snow; TerraSAR X

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING RATIO; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; FREEZE-UP; MULTI FREQUENCY; NORTHERN QUEBEC; RADARSAT-2; SAR; SAR SIGNALS; SATELLITE ACQUISITION; STUDY AREAS; SUBARCTIC REGIONS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRASAR-X; WINTER SEASONS;

GEOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SNOW; VEGETATION;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84873111414     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350650     Document Type: Conference Paper

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