Modeling the Observed Microwave Emission from Shallow Multi-Layer Tundra Snow Using DMRT-ML

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Nastaran Saberi, Richard Kelly, Peter Toose, Alexandre Roy, Chris Derksen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2017
• Subjects: passive microwave; emission modeling; dense media radiative transfer-multi layered; snow water equivalent; airborne; Science; Q; Arctic; Eureka; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9121327; https://doaj.org/article/abef7ce919e74424b33c74049d3d7d8c

The observed brightness temperatures (Tb) at 37 GHz from typical moderate density dry snow in mid-latitudes decreases with increasing snow water equivalent (SWE) due to volume scattering of the ground emissions by the overlying snow. At a certain point, however, as SWE increases, the emission from t...