Northern Manitoba Regional Snow Survey for AMSR-E Field Validation
Snow water equivalent (SWE), depth, and density measurements are available from an approximately 500 km sampling transect across northern Manitoba, between the communities of Thompson, Gillam, and Churchill. Sampling occurred at 10 km intervals between Thompson and Gillam, and approximately 15 km in...
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Canadian Cryospheric Information Network
2009
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.21963/1820 https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=1820 |
| Summary: | Snow water equivalent (SWE), depth, and density measurements are available from an approximately 500 km sampling transect across northern Manitoba, between the communities of Thompson, Gillam, and Churchill. Sampling occurred at 10 km intervals between Thompson and Gillam, and approximately 15 km intervals between Gillam and Churchill. An initial survey was conducted in late November 2003, with all sites revisited in early March 2004. The data provided at this time are depth, density, and SWE averages and standard deviations for each site, derived from 30 point depth measurements, and 5 ESC-30 snow core measurements. : Purpose: A multi-agency, multi-disciplinary field campaign led by the Climate Research Branch of the Meteorological Service of Canada was conducted out of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, in February 2003. The general objective of the campaign was to acquire multi-scale passive microwave brightness temperatures, and complementary in situ datasets for the regional and local scale validation of spaceborne passive microwave snow water equivalent (SWE) retrievals, and to support research on SWE scaling. Ground, tower, airborne, and spaceborn passive microwave datasets were acquired with coincident snow surveys and detailed snowpack measurements corresponding to the scale of each microwave dataset. : Summary: Not Applicable |
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