Influence of stratigraphy and heterogeneity on simulated microwave brightness temperatures of shallow snowpacks

• Main Author: Watts, Tom
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Trail Valley Creek; Valley Creek
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/27037/; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/27037/1/Tom_Watts_thesis_2015_small_final.pdf

Snow accumulation has potential climatological, hydrological and ecological impacts at a global scale. Satellite passive microwave radiometers have the potential to provide snow accumulation data with a historical record of over 30 years, however, current data products contain unknown uncertainty an...