The DMRT-ML Model: Numerical Simulations of the Microwave Emission of Snowpacks Based on the Dense Media Radiative Transfer Theory

Microwave radiometer observations have been used to retrieve snow depth and snow water equivalent on both land and sea ice, snow accumulation on ice sheets, melt events, snow temperature, and snow grain size. Modeling the microwave emission from snow and ice physical properties is crucial to improve...

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Main Authors: Picard, Ghislain, Champollion, Nicolas, Roy, Alexandre, DuPont, FLorent, Brucker, Ludovic, Morin, Samuel
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Earth Resources and Remote Sensing
Sea ice
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20140017809
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Summary:Microwave radiometer observations have been used to retrieve snow depth and snow water equivalent on both land and sea ice, snow accumulation on ice sheets, melt events, snow temperature, and snow grain size. Modeling the microwave emission from snow and ice physical properties is crucial to improve the quality of these retrievals. It also is crucial to improve our understanding of the radiative transfer processes within the snow cover, and the snow properties most relevant in microwave remote sensing. Our objective is to present a recent microwave emission model and its validation. The model is named DMRT-ML (DMRT Multi-Layer).

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