Sentinel-1 snow depth retrieval at sub-kilometer resolution over the European Alps

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Lievens, Hans, Brangers, Isis, Marshall, Hans-Peter, Jonas, Tobias, Olefs, Marc, De Lannoy, Gabriëlle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; The Sentinel; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-159-2022; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00059905; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00059554/tc-16-159-2022.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/159/2022/tc-16-159-2022.pdf

Seasonal snow is an essential water resource in many mountain regions. However, the spatio-temporal variability in mountain snow depth or snow water equivalent (SWE) at regional to global scales is not well understood due to the lack of high-resolution satellite observations and robust retrieval alg...