Modelling the passive microwave signature from land surfaces: A review of recent results and application to the L-band SMOS & SMAP soil moisture retrieval …

JP Wigneron, TJ Jackson, P O'neill… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Two passive microwave missions are currently operating at L-band to monitor surface soil
moisture (SM) over continental surfaces. The SMOS sensor, based on an innovative …

Estimating the spatial distribution of snow water equivalent in the world's mountains

J Dozier, EH Bair, RE Davis - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Estimating the spatial distribution of snow water equivalent (SWE) in mountainous terrain is
currently the most important unsolved problem in snow hydrology. Several methods can …

Estimating northern hemisphere snow water equivalent for climate research through assimilation of space-borne radiometer data and ground-based measurements

M Takala, K Luojus, J Pulliainen, C Derksen… - Remote Sensing of …, 2011 - Elsevier
The key variable describing global seasonal snow cover is snow water equivalent (SWE).
However, reliable information on the hemispheric scale variability of SWE is lacking …

Snow depth derived from passive microwave remote-sensing data in China

T Che, X Li, R **, R Armstrong, T Zhang - Annals of glaciology, 2008 - cambridge.org
In this study, we report on the spatial and temporal distribution of seasonal snow depth
derived from passive microwave satellite remote-sensing data (eg SMMR from 1978 to 1987 …

Quantifying the uncertainty in passive microwave snow water equivalent observations

JL Foster, C Sun, JP Walker, R Kelly, A Chang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Passive microwave sensors (PM) onboard satellites have the capability to provide global
snow observations which are not affected by cloudiness and night condition (except when …

Expected performances of the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) for an all‐weather and high spatial resolution estimation of ocean and sea ice …

L Kilic, C Prigent, F Aires, J Boutin… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change resulting in ocean warming, sea level rise, and sea ice melting has
consequences for the global economy, navigation, and security. The Copernicus Imaging …

Inter-comparison and evaluation of sea ice algorithms: towards further identification of challenges and optimal approach using passive microwave observations

N Ivanova, LT Pedersen, RT Tonboe, S Kern… - The …, 2015 - tc.copernicus.org
Sea ice concentration has been retrieved in polar regions with satellite microwave
radiometers for over 30 years. However, the question remains as to what is an optimal sea …

[BOOK][B] Sea ice: physics and remote sensing

M Shokr, NK Sinha - 2023 - books.google.com
SEA ICE The latest edition of the gold standard in sea ice references In the newly revised
second edition of Sea Ice: Physics and Remote Sensing, a team of distinguished …

Snow physics as relevant to snow photochemistry

F Domine, M Albert, T Huthwelker… - Atmospheric …, 2008 - acp.copernicus.org
Snow on the ground is a complex multiphase photochemical reactor that dramatically
modifies the chemical composition of the overlying atmosphere. A quantitative description of …

Compared performances of SMOS-IC soil moisture and vegetation optical depth retrievals based on Tau-Omega and Two-Stream microwave emission models

X Li, A Al-Yaari, M Schwank, L Fan, F Frappart… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Since 2010, SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) retrievals of surface soil
moisture (SM) and vegetation optical depth (VOD) have been produced through the …