Remote sensing of snow cover using spaceborne SAR: A review

YLS Tsai, A Dietz, N Oppelt, C Kuenzer - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
The importance of snow cover extent (SCE) has been proven to strongly link with various
natural phenomenon and human activities; consequently, monitoring snow cover is one the …

Advancements for snowmelt monitoring by means of Sentinel-1 SAR

T Nagler, H Rott, E Ripper, G Bippus, M Hetzenecker - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
The Sentinel satellite constellation series, developed and operated by the European Space
Agency, represents the dedicated space component of the European Copernicus program …

Cold regions hydrology high-resolution observatory for snow and cold land processes

H Rott, SH Yueh, DW Cline, C Duguay… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Snow is a critical component of the global water cycle and climate system, and a major
source of water supply in many parts of the world. There is a lack of spatially distributed …

SMRT: An active–passive microwave radiative transfer model for snow with multiple microstructure and scattering formulations (v1. 0)

G Picard, M Sandells, H Löwe - Geoscientific Model …, 2018 - gmd.copernicus.org
The Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer (SMRT) thermal emission and backscatter model
was developed to determine uncertainties in forward modeling through intercomparison of …

Use of Sentinel-1 radar observations to evaluate snowmelt dynamics in alpine regions

C Marin, G Bertoldi, V Premier, M Callegari… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Knowing the timing and the evolution of the snow melting process is very important, since it
allows the prediction of (i) the snowmelt onset,(ii) the snow gliding and wet-snow …

Detecting rock glacier displacement in the central himalayas using multi-temporal InSAR

X Zhang, M Feng, H Zhang, C Wang, Y Tang, J Xu… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rock glaciers represent typical periglacial landscapes and are distributed widely in alpine
mountain environments. Rock glacier activity represents a critical indicator of water reserves …

Monitoring wet snow over an alpine region using sentinel-1 observations

F Karbou, G Veyssière, C Coleou, A Dufour… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The main objective of this study was to monitor wet snow conditions from Sentinel-1 over a
season, to examine its variation over time by cross-checking wet snow with independent …

A method for monthly mapping of wet and dry snow using Sentinel-1 and MODIS: Application to a Himalayan river basin

B Snapir, A Momblanch, SK Jain, TW Waine… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Satellite Remote Sensing, with both optical and SAR instruments, can provide
distributed observations of snow cover over extended and inaccessible areas. Both …

[PDF][PDF] On the estimation of temporal changes of snow water equivalent by spaceborne SAR interferometry: a new application for the Sentinel-1 mission

V Conde, G Nico, P Mateus, J Catalão… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2019 - sciendo.com
In this work we present a methodology for the mapping of Snow Water Equivalent (SWE)
temporal variations based on the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Interferometry technique …

Monitoring temperate glacier displacement by multi-temporal TerraSAR-X images and continuous GPS measurements

R Fallourd, O Harant, E Trouvé… - IEEE Journal of …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new generation of space-borne SAR sensors were launched in 2006-2007 with ALOS,
TerraSAR-X, COSMO-Sky-Med and RadarSat-2 satellites. The data available in different …