Observations of a Coniferous Forest at 9.6 and 17.2 GHz: Implications for SWE Retrievals

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Aaron Thompson, Richard Kelly
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018
• Subjects: radar scatterometer; snow; SWE retrieval; Freeman-Durden 3-component decomposition; Science; Q; Northwest Territories; Trail Valley Creek; Valley Creek; Churchill
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11010006; https://doaj.org/article/024ce5f090b24ef0ab7112f6ed0ae4b6

UWScat, a ground-based Ku- and X-band scatterometer, was used to compare forested and non-forested landscapes in a terrestrial snow accumulation environment as part of the NASA SnowEx17 field campaign. Field observations from Trail Valley Creek, Northwest Territories; Tobermory, Ontario; and the Can...