Interpreting Sentinel-1 SAR Backscatter Signals of Snowpack Surface Melt/Freeze, Warming, and Ripening, through Field Measurements and Physically-Based SnowModel

The transition of a cold winter snowpack to one that is ripe and contributing to runoff is crucial to gauge for water resource management, but is highly variable in space and time. Snow surface melt/freeze cycles, associated with diurnal fluctuations in radiative inputs, are hallmarks of this transi...

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Published in:	Remote Sensing
Main Authors:	Jewell Lund, Richard R. Forster, Elias J. Deeb, Glen E. Liston, S. McKenzie Skiles, Hans-Peter Marshall
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Subjects:	Sentinel-1 SnowEx SnowModel diurnal SAR SAR wet snow melt/freeze
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/16/4002

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