Model analysis and experimental investigations of X-band backscattering sensitivity to snowpack characteristics

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1254-1257

  Brogioni, M ^a   Xiong, C ^a,b   Pampaloni, P ^a   Pettinato, S ^a   Paloscia, S ^c   Shi, J ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

COSMO Skymed; Snow cover; SWE

Indexed keywords

COSMO-SKYMED; DRY SNOW; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL RISKS; MODEL ANALYSIS; MODEL SENSITIVITY; SNOW COVERS; SNOW DEPTHS; SWE; TRANSMISSIVITY; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WET SNOW;

GEOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SNOW;

EID: 84873126563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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