Conference paper
Community Development of the Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer Model for Passive, Active and Altimetry Observations of the Cryosphere
Northumbria University1
University of Waterloo2
University of Grenoble3
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalance Research4
University of Hamburg5
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark6
Geodesy and Earth Observation, National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark7
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center8
The Institute of Applied Physics "Nello Carrara" (IFAC)9
CLS10
...and 0 moreThe Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer (SMRT) model was initially developed to explore the sensitivity of microwave scattering to snow microstructure for active and passive remote sensing applications. Here, we discuss the modular design of SMRT that has enabled its rapid extension by the community. SMRT can now represent a layered medium consisting of snow, land ice, lake ice and/or sea ice overlying a substrate of soil, water or parameterized by reflectivity.
A time-dependent radiative transfer solution method has also been added to allow for low resolution mode altimetry applications. We illustrate the use of SMRT to simulate brightness temperature for snow on lake ice, backscatter for snow on soil and altimeter waveforms for snow on sea ice.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Pages: | 852-855 |
| Proceedings: | 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing SymposiumIEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium |
| Series: | Ieee International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings |
| ISBN: | 1665403683 , 1665403691 , 9781665403689 and 9781665403696 |
| ISSN: | 21537003 and 21536996 |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| DOI: | 10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553580 |
| ORCIDs: | Winstrup, M. |
