In situ effective snow grain size mapping using a compact hyperspectral imager
Abstract Effective snow grain radius ( r e ) is mapped at high resolution using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI). The NIR-HSI method can be used to quantify r e spatial variability, change in r e due to metamorphism, and visualize water percolation in the snowpack. Results are presented...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/jog.2020.68 2024-06-23T07:54:15+00:00 In situ effective snow grain size mapping using a compact hyperspectral imager Donahue, Christopher Skiles, S. McKenzie Hammonds, Kevin 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.68 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143020000684 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Journal of Glaciology volume 67, issue 261, page 49-57 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 journal-article 2020 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.68 2024-05-29T08:08:50Z Abstract Effective snow grain radius ( r e ) is mapped at high resolution using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI). The NIR-HSI method can be used to quantify r e spatial variability, change in r e due to metamorphism, and visualize water percolation in the snowpack. Results are presented for three different laboratory-prepared snow samples (homogeneous, ice lens, fine grains over coarse grains), the sidewalls of which were imaged before and after melt induced by a solar lamp. The spectral reflectance in each ~3 mm pixel was inverted for r e using the scaled band area of the ice absorption feature centered at 1030 nm, producing r e maps consisting of 54 740 pixels. All snow samples exhibited grain coarsening post-melt as the result of wet snow metamorphism, which is quantified by the change in r e distributions from pre- and post-melt images. The NIR-HSI method was compared to r e retrievals from a field spectrometer and X-ray computed microtomography (micro-CT), resulting in the spectrometer having the same mean r e and micro-CT having 23.9% higher mean r e than the hyperspectral imager. As compact hyperspectral imagers become more widely available, this method may be a valuable tool for assessing r e spatial variability and snow metamorphism in field and laboratory settings. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Journal of Glaciology 67 261 49 57 |
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Abstract Effective snow grain radius ( r e ) is mapped at high resolution using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI). The NIR-HSI method can be used to quantify r e spatial variability, change in r e due to metamorphism, and visualize water percolation in the snowpack. Results are presented for three different laboratory-prepared snow samples (homogeneous, ice lens, fine grains over coarse grains), the sidewalls of which were imaged before and after melt induced by a solar lamp. The spectral reflectance in each ~3 mm pixel was inverted for r e using the scaled band area of the ice absorption feature centered at 1030 nm, producing r e maps consisting of 54 740 pixels. All snow samples exhibited grain coarsening post-melt as the result of wet snow metamorphism, which is quantified by the change in r e distributions from pre- and post-melt images. The NIR-HSI method was compared to r e retrievals from a field spectrometer and X-ray computed microtomography (micro-CT), resulting in the spectrometer having the same mean r e and micro-CT having 23.9% higher mean r e than the hyperspectral imager. As compact hyperspectral imagers become more widely available, this method may be a valuable tool for assessing r e spatial variability and snow metamorphism in field and laboratory settings. |
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Donahue, Christopher Skiles, S. McKenzie Hammonds, Kevin In situ effective snow grain size mapping using a compact hyperspectral imager |
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In situ effective snow grain size mapping using a compact hyperspectral imager |
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In situ effective snow grain size mapping using a compact hyperspectral imager |
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In situ effective snow grain size mapping using a compact hyperspectral imager |
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In situ effective snow grain size mapping using a compact hyperspectral imager |
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In situ effective snow grain size mapping using a compact hyperspectral imager |
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in situ effective snow grain size mapping using a compact hyperspectral imager |
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