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Snowpack monitoring in North America and Eurasia using passive microwave satellite dataAreas of the Canadian high plains, the Montana and North Dakota high plains, and the steppes of central Russia have been studied in an effort to determine the utility of spaceborne microwave radiometers for monitoring snow depths in different geographic areas. Significant regression relationships between snow depth and microwave brightness temperatures were developed for each of these homogeneous areas. In each of the study areas investigated in this paper, Nimbus-6 (0.81 cm) ESMR data produced higher correlations than Nimbus-5 (1.55 cm) ESMR data in relating microwave brightness temperature to snow depth. It is difficult to extrapolate relationships between microwave brightness temperature and snow depth from one area to another because different geographic areas are likely to have different snowpack conditions.
Document ID
19820049380
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Foster, J. L.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Rango, A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Hall, D. K.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Chang, A. T. C.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Allison, L. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Diesen, B. C., III
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1980
Publication Information
Publication: Remote Sensing of Environment
Volume: 10
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Accession Number
82A32915
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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