Davos-Laret Remote Sensing Field Laboratory: 2016/2017 Winter Season L-Band Measurements Data-Processing and Analysis
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Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Gamma Remote Sensing AG, CH-3073 Gümligen, Switzerland
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Remote Sens. 2017, 9(11), 1185; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9111185
Received: 16 October 2017
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Revised: 9 November 2017
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Accepted: 15 November 2017
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Published: 21 November 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Snow Remote Sensing)
The L-band radiometry data and in-situ ground and snow measurements performed during the 2016/2017 winter campaign at the Davos-Laret remote sensing field laboratory are presented and discussed. An improved version of the procedure for the computation of L-band brightness temperatures from ELBARA radiometer raw data is introduced. This procedure includes a thorough explanation of the calibration and filtering including a refined radio frequency interference (RFI) mitigation approach. This new mitigation approach not only performs better than conventional “normality” tests (kurtosis and skewness) but also allows for the quantification of measurement uncertainty introduced by non-thermal noise contributions. The brightness temperatures of natural snow covered areas and areas with a reflector beneath the snow are simulated for varying amounts of snow liquid water content distributed across the snow profile. Both measured and simulated brightness temperatures emanating from natural snow covered areas and areas with a reflector beneath the snow reveal noticeable sensitivity with respect to snow liquid water. This indicates the possibility of estimating snow liquid water using L-band radiometry. It is also shown that distinct daily increases in brightness temperatures measured over the areas with the reflector placed on the ground indicate the onset of the snow melting season, also known as “early-spring snow”.
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Keywords:
L-band radiometry; microwave remote sensing; snow liquid water; LS—MEMLS; ground permittivity; RFI; Davos-Laret
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Naderpour, R.; Schwank, M.; Mätzler, C. Davos-Laret Remote Sensing Field Laboratory: 2016/2017 Winter Season L-Band Measurements Data-Processing and Analysis. Remote Sens. 2017, 9, 1185. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9111185
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Naderpour R, Schwank M, Mätzler C. Davos-Laret Remote Sensing Field Laboratory: 2016/2017 Winter Season L-Band Measurements Data-Processing and Analysis. Remote Sensing. 2017; 9(11):1185. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9111185
Chicago/Turabian StyleNaderpour, Reza, Mike Schwank, and Christian Mätzler. 2017. "Davos-Laret Remote Sensing Field Laboratory: 2016/2017 Winter Season L-Band Measurements Data-Processing and Analysis" Remote Sensing 9, no. 11: 1185. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9111185
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