You have requested a machine translation of selected content from our databases. This functionality is provided solely for your convenience and is in no way intended to replace human translation. Neither SPIE nor the owners and publishers of the content make, and they explicitly disclaim, any express or implied representations or warranties of any kind, including, without limitation, representations and warranties as to the functionality of the translation feature or the accuracy or completeness of the translations.
Translations are not retained in our system. Your use of this feature and the translations is subject to all use restrictions contained in the Terms and Conditions of Use of the SPIE website.
23 January 2001Evaluation of snow cover characteristics in Ukraine from the radar images of Ocean satellite
The characteristics of snow backscattering in microwave band are considered. It is shown that they depend upon many parameters describing the state of snow cover. The basic dependences obtained from theory of radar backscattering and experimental data are discussed and compared. Real radar remote sensing data for different dates in fall/winter period are presented for Eastern regions of Ukraine. It is demonstrated that the effects predicted theoretically are observed for remote sensing images obtained from side-look radar installed on the satellite “Ocean”. It is also shown that remote sensing means in some conditions permit to get the maps of snow cover thickness but in this case the reference data from several on-land meteorological stations are needed for calibration purposes.
The alert did not successfully save. Please try again later.
Gennady P. Kulemin, Vladimir V. Lukin, Alexander A. Zelensky, Leonid Yu. Alekseyev, "Evaluation of snow cover characteristics in Ukraine from the radar images of Ocean satellite," Proc. SPIE 4171, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology II, (23 January 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.413934