Estimating soil freezing from passive L-band microwave measurements

• Main Author: Parkkinen, Tiina
• Other Authors: Matematiikan laitos - Department of Mathematics, Luonnontieteiden tiedekunta - Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tampere University of Technology, Ali-Löytty, Simo
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Teknis-luonnontieteellinen koulutusohjelma; Sodankylä
• Online Access: https://trepo.tuni.fi//handle/123456789/22600

This master of science thesis presents two approaches to estimate soil freezing from passive L-band microwave measurements. The first is the Canny edge detector algorithm which is used to gain estimates on the dates of seasonal changes occurring in the brightness temperature data measured by the ELB...