NASA's snowex campaign: Observing seasonal snow in a forested environment

Edward Kim; Charles Gatebe; Dorothy Hall; Jerry Newlin; Amy Misakonis; Kelly Elder; Hans Peter Marshall; Chris Hiemstra; Ludovic Brucker; Eugenia De Marco; Chris Crawford; Do Hyuk Kang; Jared Entin

doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127222

NASA's snowex campaign: Observing seasonal snow in a forested environment

Edward Kim
, Charles Gatebe
, Dorothy Hall
, Jerry Newlin
, Amy Misakonis
, Kelly Elder
, Hans Peter Marshall
, Chris Hiemstra
, Ludovic Brucker
, Eugenia De Marco
, Chris Crawford
, Do Hyuk Kang
, Jared Entin

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
USRA
ATA Aerospace
Aerospace Corporation
US Forest Service
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
United States Geological Survey
University of Maryland, College Park
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Abstract

SnowEx is a multi-year airborne snow campaign with the primary goal of addressing the question: How much water is stored in Earth's terrestrial snow-covered regions? Year 1 (2016-17) focused on the distribution of snow-water equivalent (SWE) and the snow energy balance in a forested environment. The year 1 primary site was Grand Mesa and the secondary site was the Senator Beck Basin, both in western, Colorado, USA. Nine sensors on five aircraft made observations using a broad range of sensing techniques-active and passive microwave, and active and passive optical/infrared - to determine the sensitivity and accuracy of these potential satellite remote sensing techniques, along with models, to measure snow under a range of forest conditions. SnowEx also included an extensive range of ground truth measurements - in-situ manual samples, snow pits, ground based remote sensing measurements, and sophisticated new techniques. A detailed description of the data collected will be given and some preliminary results will be presented.

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	1388-1390
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509049516
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127222
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

cryosphere
field experiment
forest
remote sensing
snow

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Kim, E., Gatebe, C., Hall, D., Newlin, J., Misakonis, A., Elder, K., Marshall, H. P., Hiemstra, C., Brucker, L., De Marco, E., Crawford, C., Kang, D. H., & Entin, J. (2017). NASA's snowex campaign: Observing seasonal snow in a forested environment. In 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: International Cooperation for Global Awareness, IGARSS 2017 - Proceedings (pp. 1388-1390). Article 8127222 (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS); Vol. 2017-July). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127222

Kim, Edward ; Gatebe, Charles ; Hall, Dorothy et al. / NASA's snowex campaign : Observing seasonal snow in a forested environment. 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. 1388-1390 (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)).

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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. 1388-1390 8127222 (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS); Vol. 2017-July).

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Kim E, Gatebe C, Hall D, Newlin J, Misakonis A, Elder K et al. NASA's snowex campaign: Observing seasonal snow in a forested environment. 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. 1388-1390. 8127222. (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)). doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127222

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