Multi-Sensor Analysis of Snow Seasonality and a Preliminary Assessment of SAR Backscatter Sensitivity to Arctic Vegetation: Limits and Capabilities

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Stendardi, Laura, Karlsen, Stein Rune, Malnes, Eirik, Nilsen, Lennart, Tømmervik, Hans, Cooper, Elisabeth J., Notarnicola, Claudia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; VDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Zoology and botany: 480; Adventdalen; Arctic; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Tundra
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24809; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14081866

Snow melt timing and the last day of snow cover have a significant impact on vegetation phenology in the Svalbard archipelago. The aim of this study is to assess the seasonal variations of the snow using a multi-sensor approach and to analyze the sensitivity of the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) bac...