Retrieval of airborne Ku-Band SAR Using Forward Radiative Transfer Modeling to Estimate Snow Water Equivalent: The Trail Valley Creek 2018/19 Snow Experiment

• Main Authors: Montpetit, Benoit, King, Joshua, Meloche, Julien, Derksen, Chris, Siqueira, Paul, Adam, J. Max, Toose, Peter, Brady, Mike, Wendleder, Anna, Vionnet, Vincent, Leroux, Nicolas R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2024
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Northwest Territories; Canada; Valley Creek; Trail Valley Creek; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-651; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00072246; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00070469/egusphere-2024-651.pdf; https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-651/egusphere-2024-651.pdf

Accurate snow information at high spatial and temporal resolution is needed to support climate services, water resource management, and environmental prediction services. However, snow remains the only element of the water cycle without a dedicated Earth Observation mission. The snow scientific comm...