Development of Snow Retrieval Algorithms for CoReH2O CCN1 - Processing and Analysis of March 2011 Data: Report on SSG Modifications for SnowSAR

• Main Authors: Rott, Helmut, Voglmeier, Karl, Scheiber, Rolf
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik und Radarsysteme; SAR-Technologie; Sodankylä
• Online Access: http://elib.dlr.de/80692/

This report describes the technical basis for generating simulated backscatter data that are matching the imaging characteristics of the airborne SnowSAR sensor. A main motivation for this technical development has been the retrieval of maps of snow water equivalent (SWE) from SnowSAR data, acquired...