Characterizing Tundra snow sub-pixel variability to improve brightness temperature estimation in satellite SWE retrievals

• Main Authors: Meloche, Julien, Langlois, Alexandre, Rutter, Nick, Royer, Alain, King, Josh, Walker, Branden
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Cambridge Bay; Trail Valley Creek; Valley Creek; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-156; https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2021-156/

Topography and vegetation play a major role in sub-pixel variability of Arctic snowpack properties, but are not considered in current passive microwave (PMW) satellite SWE retrievals. Simulation of sub-pixel variability of snow properties is also problematic when downscaling snow and climate models....