Airborne SnowSAR data at X- and Ku- bands over boreal forest, alpine and tundra snow cover

• Main Authors: Lemmetyinen, Juha, Cohen, Juval, Kontu, Anna, Vehviläinen, Juho, Hannula, Henna-Reetta, Merkouriadi, Ioanna, Scheiblauer, Stefan, Rott, Helmut, Nagler, Thomas, Ripper, Elisabeth, Elder, Kelly, Marshall, Hans-Peter, Fromm, Reinhard, Adams, Marc, Derksen, Chris, King, Joshua, Meta, Adriano, Coccia, Alex, Rutter, Nick, Sandells, Melody, Macelloni, Giovanni, Santi, Emanuele, Leduc-Leballeur, Marion, Essery, Richard, Menard, Cecile, Kern, Michael
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Canada; Northwest Territories; Sodankylä; Trail Valley Creek; Valley Creek; glacier*; Northern Finland; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2021-239; https://essd.copernicus.org/preprints/essd-2021-239/

The European Space Agency SnowSAR instrument is a side looking, dual polarized (VV/VH), X/Ku band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), operable from a small aircraft. Between 2010 and 2013, the instrument was deployed at several sites in Northern Finland, Austrian Alps, and northern Canada. The purpose o...