Simulating optical top-of-atmosphere radiance satellite images over snow-covered rugged terrain

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Lamare, Maxim, Dumont, Marie, Picard, Ghislain, Larue, Fanny, Tuzet, François, Delcourt, Clément, Arnaud, Laurent
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Midwinter; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/388c2e0a-9f70-43df-b61d-0d5e1e5f5eba; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3995-2020; https://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/388c2e0a-9f70-43df-b61d-0d5e1e5f5eba

The monitoring of snow-covered surfaces on Earth is largely facilitated by the wealth of satellite data available, with increasing spatial resolution and temporal coverage over the last few years. Yet to date, retrievals of snow physical properties still remain complicated in mountainous areas, owin...