In:
Earth System Science Data, Copernicus GmbH, Vol. 14, No. 9 ( 2022-09-01), p. 3915-3945
Abstract:
Abstract. The European Space Agency SnowSAR instrument is a side-looking,
dual-polarised (VV/VH), X/Ku band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), operable
from various sizes of aircraft. Between 2010 and 2013, the instrument was
deployed at several sites in Northern Finland, Austrian Alps and northern
Canada. The purpose of the airborne campaigns was to measure the
backscattering properties of snow-covered terrain to support the development
of snow water equivalent retrieval techniques using SAR. SnowSAR was
deployed in Sodankylä, Northern Finland, for a single flight mission in
March 2011 and 12 missions at two sites (tundra and boreal forest) in
the winter of 2011–2012. Over the Austrian Alps, three flight missions were
performed between November 2012 and February 2013 over three sites located
in different elevation zones representing a montane valley, Alpine tundra
and a glacier environment. In Canada, a total of two missions were flown in
March and April 2013 over sites in the Trail Valley Creek watershed,
Northwest Territories, representative of the tundra snow regime. This paper
introduces the airborne SAR data and coincident in situ information
on land cover, vegetation and snow properties. To facilitate easy access to
the data record, the datasets described here are deposited in a permanent
data repository (https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933255,
Lemmetyinen et al., 2021).
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1866-3516
DOI:
10.5194/essd-14-3915-2022
Language:
English
Publisher:
Copernicus GmbH
Publication Date:
2022
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2475469-9
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