A First Overview of SnowEx Ground-Based Remote Sensing Activities During the Winter 2016–2017

Ludovic Brucker; Christopher Hiemstra; Hans Peter Marshall; Kelly Elder; Roger De Roo; Mohammad Mousavi; Francis Bliven; Walt Peterson; Jeffrey Deems; Peter Gadomski; Arthur Gelvin; Lucas Spaete; Theodore Barnhart; Ty Brandt; John Burkhart; Christopher Crawford; Tri Datta; Havard Erikstrod; Nancy Glenn; Katherine Hale; Brent Holben; Paul Houser; Keith Jennings; Richard Kelly; Jason Kraft; Alexandre Langlois; Daniel McGrath; Chelsea Merriman; Noah Molotch; Anne Nolin; Chris Polashenski; Mark Raleigh; Karl Rittger; Chago Rodriguez; Alexandre Roy; McKenzie Skiles; Eric Small; Marco Tedesco; Chris Tennant; Aaron Thompson; Liuxi Tian; Zach Uhlmann; Ryan Webb; Matt Wingo

doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127223

A First Overview of SnowEx Ground-Based Remote Sensing Activities During the Winter 2016–2017

Ludovic Brucker
, Christopher Hiemstra
, Hans Peter Marshall
, Kelly Elder
, Roger De Roo
, Mohammad Mousavi
, Francis Bliven
, Walt Peterson
, Jeffrey Deems
, Peter Gadomski
, Arthur Gelvin
, Lucas Spaete
, Theodore Barnhart
, Ty Brandt
, John Burkhart
, Christopher Crawford
, Tri Datta
, Havard Erikstrod
, Nancy Glenn
, Katherine Hale

Brent Holben, Paul Houser, Keith Jennings, Richard Kelly, Jason Kraft, Alexandre Langlois, Daniel McGrath, Chelsea Merriman, Noah Molotch, Anne Nolin, Chris Polashenski, Mark Raleigh, Karl Rittger, Chago Rodriguez, Alexandre Roy, McKenzie Skiles, Eric Small, Marco Tedesco, Chris Tennant, Aaron Thompson, Liuxi Tian, Zach Uhlmann, Ryan Webb, Matt Wingo

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NASA GSFC/USRA GESTAR
CRREL
Boise State University
US Forest Service
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
NASA WFF
NSIDC
University of Colorado Boulder
University of California at Santa Barbara
University of Oslo
University of Maryland, College Park
Columbia University
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
George Mason University
University of Waterloo
Université de Sherbrooke
Colorado State University
Oregon State University
Dartmouth College
Utah State University
Berckley
Uni. Texas
NASA MSFC

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Abstract

NASA SnowEx's goal is estimating how much water is stored in Earth's terrestrial snow-covered regions. To that end, two fundamental questions drive the mission objectives: (a) What is the distribution of snow-water equivalent (SWE), and the snow energy balance, among different canopy and topographic situations?; and (b) What is the sensitivity and accuracy of different SWE sensing techniques among these different areas? In situ, ground-based and airborne remote sensing observations were collected during winter 2016-2017 in Colorado to provide the scientific community with data needed to work on these key questions. An intensive period of observations occurred in February 2017 during which over 30 remote sensing instruments were used. Their observations were coordinated with in situ measurements from snowpits (e.g. profiles of stratigraphy, density, grain size and type, specific surface area, temperature) and along transects (mainly for snow depth measurements). Both remote sensing and in situ data will be archived and publicly distributed by the National Snow and Ice Data Center at nsidc.org/data/snowex.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Subtitle of host publication	International Cooperation for Global Awareness, IGARSS 2017 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1391-1394
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509049516
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127223
State	Published - 1 Dec 2017
Event	37th Annual IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2017 - Fort Worth, United States Duration: 23 Jul 2017 → 28 Jul 2017

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Name	International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume	2017-July

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Conference	37th Annual IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Fort Worth
Period	23/07/17 → 28/07/17

Keywords

snow
passive microwave
radar
lidar

EGS Disciplines

Earth Sciences
Geophysics and Seismology

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Brucker, L., Hiemstra, C., Marshall, H. P., Elder, K., De Roo, R., Mousavi, M., Bliven, F., Peterson, W., Deems, J., Gadomski, P., Gelvin, A., Spaete, L., Barnhart, T., Brandt, T., Burkhart, J., Crawford, C., Datta, T., Erikstrod, H., Glenn, N., ... Wingo, M. (2017). A First Overview of SnowEx Ground-Based Remote Sensing Activities During the Winter 2016–2017. In 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: International Cooperation for Global Awareness, IGARSS 2017 - Proceedings (pp. 1391-1394). Article 8127223 (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS); Vol. 2017-July). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127223

Brucker, Ludovic ; Hiemstra, Christopher ; Marshall, Hans Peter et al. / A First Overview of SnowEx Ground-Based Remote Sensing Activities During the Winter 2016–2017. 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: International Cooperation for Global Awareness, IGARSS 2017 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. pp. 1391-1394 (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)).

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A First Overview of SnowEx Ground-Based Remote Sensing Activities During the Winter 2016–2017. / Brucker, Ludovic; Hiemstra, Christopher; Marshall, Hans Peter et al.
2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: International Cooperation for Global Awareness, IGARSS 2017 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 1391-1394 8127223 (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS); Vol. 2017-July).

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Brucker L, Hiemstra C, Marshall HP, Elder K, De Roo R, Mousavi M et al. A First Overview of SnowEx Ground-Based Remote Sensing Activities During the Winter 2016–2017. In 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: International Cooperation for Global Awareness, IGARSS 2017 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. p. 1391-1394. 8127223. (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)). doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127223

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