Snowpack monitoring in North America and Eurasia using passive microwave satellite data

摘要: Areas of the Canadian high plains, Montana and North Dakota steppes central Russia have been studied in an effort to determine utility spaceborne microwave radiometers for monitoring snow depths different geographic areas. Significant regression relationships between depth brightness temperatures were developed each these homogeneous In study areas investigated this paper, Nimbus-6 (0.81 cm) ESMR data produced higher correlations than Nimbus-5 (1.55 relating temperature depth. It is difficult extrapolate from one area another because are likely snowpack conditions.