Airborne SnowSAR data at X and Ku bands over boreal forest, alpine and tundra snow cover
The European Space Agency SnowSAR instrument is a side-looking, dual-polarised (VV/VH), X/Ku band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), operable from various sizes of aircraft. Between 2010 and 2013, the instrument was deployed at several sites in Northern Finland, Austrian Alps and northern Canada. The p...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:aaff034f91164fc18bd05d0a36bdcf85 2023-05-15T16:22:24+02:00 Airborne SnowSAR data at X and Ku bands over boreal forest, alpine and tundra snow cover J. Lemmetyinen J. Cohen A. Kontu J. Vehviläinen H.-R. Hannula I. Merkouriadi S. Scheiblauer H. Rott T. Nagler E. Ripper K. Elder H.-P. Marshall R. Fromm M. Adams C. Derksen J. King A. Meta A. Coccia N. Rutter M. Sandells G. Macelloni E. Santi M. Leduc-Leballeur R. Essery C. Menard M. Kern 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-3915-2022 https://doaj.org/article/aaff034f91164fc18bd05d0a36bdcf85 EN eng Copernicus Publications https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/3915/2022/essd-14-3915-2022.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1866-3508 https://doaj.org/toc/1866-3516 doi:10.5194/essd-14-3915-2022 1866-3508 1866-3516 https://doaj.org/article/aaff034f91164fc18bd05d0a36bdcf85 Earth System Science Data, Vol 14, Pp 3915-3945 (2022) Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geology QE1-996.5 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-3915-2022 2022-12-30T23:07:55Z The European Space Agency SnowSAR instrument is a side-looking, dual-polarised (VV/VH), X/Ku band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), operable from various sizes of aircraft. Between 2010 and 2013, the instrument was deployed at several sites in Northern Finland, Austrian Alps and northern Canada. The purpose of the airborne campaigns was to measure the backscattering properties of snow-covered terrain to support the development of snow water equivalent retrieval techniques using SAR. SnowSAR was deployed in Sodankylä, Northern Finland, for a single flight mission in March 2011 and 12 missions at two sites (tundra and boreal forest) in the winter of 2011–2012. Over the Austrian Alps, three flight missions were performed between November 2012 and February 2013 over three sites located in different elevation zones representing a montane valley, Alpine tundra and a glacier environment. In Canada, a total of two missions were flown in March and April 2013 over sites in the Trail Valley Creek watershed, Northwest Territories, representative of the tundra snow regime. This paper introduces the airborne SAR data and coincident in situ information on land cover, vegetation and snow properties. To facilitate easy access to the data record, the datasets described here are deposited in a permanent data repository ( https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933255 , Lemmetyinen et al., 2021). Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier* Northern Finland Northwest Territories Sodankylä Tundra Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada Northwest Territories Sodankylä ENVELOPE(26.600,26.600,67.417,67.417) Trail Valley Creek ENVELOPE(-133.415,-133.415,68.772,68.772) Valley Creek ENVELOPE(-138.324,-138.324,63.326,63.326) Earth System Science Data 14 9 3915 3945 |
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Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geology QE1-996.5 J. Lemmetyinen J. Cohen A. Kontu J. Vehviläinen H.-R. Hannula I. Merkouriadi S. Scheiblauer H. Rott T. Nagler E. Ripper K. Elder H.-P. Marshall R. Fromm M. Adams C. Derksen J. King A. Meta A. Coccia N. Rutter M. Sandells G. Macelloni E. Santi M. Leduc-Leballeur R. Essery C. Menard M. Kern Airborne SnowSAR data at X and Ku bands over boreal forest, alpine and tundra snow cover |
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The European Space Agency SnowSAR instrument is a side-looking, dual-polarised (VV/VH), X/Ku band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), operable from various sizes of aircraft. Between 2010 and 2013, the instrument was deployed at several sites in Northern Finland, Austrian Alps and northern Canada. The purpose of the airborne campaigns was to measure the backscattering properties of snow-covered terrain to support the development of snow water equivalent retrieval techniques using SAR. SnowSAR was deployed in Sodankylä, Northern Finland, for a single flight mission in March 2011 and 12 missions at two sites (tundra and boreal forest) in the winter of 2011–2012. Over the Austrian Alps, three flight missions were performed between November 2012 and February 2013 over three sites located in different elevation zones representing a montane valley, Alpine tundra and a glacier environment. In Canada, a total of two missions were flown in March and April 2013 over sites in the Trail Valley Creek watershed, Northwest Territories, representative of the tundra snow regime. This paper introduces the airborne SAR data and coincident in situ information on land cover, vegetation and snow properties. To facilitate easy access to the data record, the datasets described here are deposited in a permanent data repository ( https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933255 , Lemmetyinen et al., 2021). |
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J. Lemmetyinen J. Cohen A. Kontu J. Vehviläinen H.-R. Hannula I. Merkouriadi S. Scheiblauer H. Rott T. Nagler E. Ripper K. Elder H.-P. Marshall R. Fromm M. Adams C. Derksen J. King A. Meta A. Coccia N. Rutter M. Sandells G. Macelloni E. Santi M. Leduc-Leballeur R. Essery C. Menard M. Kern |
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J. Lemmetyinen J. Cohen A. Kontu J. Vehviläinen H.-R. Hannula I. Merkouriadi S. Scheiblauer H. Rott T. Nagler E. Ripper K. Elder H.-P. Marshall R. Fromm M. Adams C. Derksen J. King A. Meta A. Coccia N. Rutter M. Sandells G. Macelloni E. Santi M. Leduc-Leballeur R. Essery C. Menard M. Kern |
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Airborne SnowSAR data at X and Ku bands over boreal forest, alpine and tundra snow cover |
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Airborne SnowSAR data at X and Ku bands over boreal forest, alpine and tundra snow cover |
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Airborne SnowSAR data at X and Ku bands over boreal forest, alpine and tundra snow cover |
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Airborne SnowSAR data at X and Ku bands over boreal forest, alpine and tundra snow cover |
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Airborne SnowSAR data at X and Ku bands over boreal forest, alpine and tundra snow cover |
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airborne snowsar data at x and ku bands over boreal forest, alpine and tundra snow cover |
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