Polarimetric decomposition of microwave-band freshwater ice SAR data: Review, analysis, and future directions

JE Ferguson, GE Gunn - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The availability and quality of quad-pol synthetic aperture radar (SAR) datasets has
increased substantially since the early 2000s, allowing for polarimetrically complete …

Integrating perspectives to understand lake ice dynamics in a changing world

S Sharma, MF Meyer, J Culpepper… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ice cover plays a critical role in physical, biogeochemical, and ecological processes in lakes.
Despite its importance, winter limnology remains relatively understudied. Here, we provide a …

Analysis of Sentinel-3 SAR altimetry waveform retracking algorithms for deriving temporally consistent water levels over ice-covered lakes

S Shu, H Liu, RA Beck, F Frappart, J Korhonen… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Satellite radar altimetry has been widely used in the monitoring of water levels of lakes,
rivers and wetlands in the past decades. The conventional pulse-limited radar altimeters …

The state and fate of lake ice thickness in the Northern Hemisphere

X Li, D Long, Q Huang, F Zhao - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Lake ice thickness (LIT) is important for regional hydroclimate systems, lake ecosystems,
and human activities on the ice, and is thought to be highly susceptible to global warming …

Remote sensing of lake and river ice

CR Duguay, M Bernier, Y Gauthier… - Remote sensing of the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter provides an overview of the recent progress on remote sensing of lake and
river ice. For lake ice, topics reviewed comprise the determination of: ice cover …

Variability and change in the Canadian cryosphere

C Derksen, SL Smith, M Sharp, L Brown, S Howell… - Climatic Change, 2012 - Springer
Abstract During the International Polar Year (IPY), comprehensive observational research
programs were undertaken to increase our understanding of the Canadian polar cryosphere …

Evaluation of spaceborne L-band radiometer measurements for terrestrial freeze/thaw retrievals in Canada

A Roy, A Royer, C Derksen, L Brucker… - IEEE Journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The landscape freeze/thaw (F/T) state has an important impact on the surface energy
balance, carbon fluxes, and hydrologic processes; the timing of spring melt is linked to active …

Validation of GlobSnow-2 snow water equivalent over Eastern Canada

F Larue, A Royer, D De Sève, A Langlois, A Roy… - Remote sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In Québec, Eastern Canada, snowmelt runoff contributes more than 30% of the
annual energy reserve for hydroelectricity production, and uncertainties in annual maximum …

Evolution of snow and ice temperature, thickness and energy balance in Lake Orajärvi, northern Finland

B Cheng, T Vihma, L Rontu, A Kontu… - Tellus A: Dynamic …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The seasonal evolution of snow and ice on Lake Orajärvi, northern Finland, was
investigated for three consecutive winter seasons. Material consisting of numerical weather …

Characteristic background of microwave brightness temperature (MBT) and optimal microwave channels for searching seismic MBT anomaly in and around the …

Y Qi, L Wu, W Mao, Y Ding, Y Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microwave radiations from ground objects are capable of penetrating the shallow surface,
vegetation, and atmosphere, but they are also contaminated by many natural factors …