Airborne SnowSAR data at X and Ku bands over boreal forest, alpine and tundra snow cover

• Published in: Earth System Science Data
• Main Authors: 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
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: geo; info; Canada; Northwest Territories; Sodankylä; Trail Valley Creek; Valley Creek; glacier*; Northern Finland; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-3915-2022; https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/3915/2022/essd-14-3915-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/aaff034f91164fc18bd05d0a36bdcf85

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...