Antarctic surface snow grain size spatial distribution from satellite nir analysis - Map

• Other Authors: YOUNG, NEAL W (hasPrincipalInvestigator), YOUNG, NEAL W (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: geoscientificInformation; inlandWaters; ALBEDO; EARTH SCIENCE; CRYOSPHERE; SNOW/ICE; SNOW COVER; ATSR-2; NEAR INFRARED; REFLECTANCE; SATELLITE; SHORT WAVE INFRARED; SNOW GRAIN SIZE; ATSR-2 > Along-Track Scanning Radiometer 2; ERS-2 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-2; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Austral; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/antarctic-surface-snow-analysis-map/698692; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAD_Ant_surf_snow_grain_size; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

The spatial distribution of surface snow grain size over the Antarctic snow cover has been determined from analysis of near-thermal-infra-red data acquired with the ATSR-2 instrument on the European Space Agency's ERS-2 satellite. Scattering from a snow surface in the short wave infra-red part...