NDLI: The Effect of Boreal Forest Canopy in Satellite Snow Mapping

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Author	Cohen, J. Lemmetyinen, J. Pulliainen, J. Heinila, K. Montomoli, F. Seppanen, J. Hallikainen, M.T.
Copyright Year	1980
Abstract	Satellite-based snow-cover monitoring is performed using optical, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and passivemicrowave sensors. Effects of forest canopy on the observed signal need to be considered with all of these sensor types. Various models describing the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with forest canopy have been developed, but many of these are overly complex with high computational and ancillary data requirements. However, for retrieval purposes, simple models are preferred. This work aims at increasing the understanding of the effect of forest canopy on remote sensing observations of snow-covered terrain for both microwave and optical regimes and at quantifying the capability of simple zeroth-order models in simulating these effects. To achieve these goals, a spatial analysis of optical, SAR, and passive-microwave remote sensing data in the northern boreal forest region was performed. Model parameters for vegetation transmissivity as well as the properties of the underlying surface were optimized by utilizing lidar-ranging- and Landsat-based simplified proxy parameters describing forest canopy closure and stem volume. The results demonstrated that despite using these relatively simple proxies, a zeroth-order model can accurately estimate the extinction of electromagnetic signals in a forest, particularly for passive microwave and optical data. The SAR model successfully estimated the median of the observations, but larger scatter of the observations was reflected by a higher root mean square error and lower correlation between models and observations. Due to both good estimation accuracy and simplicity, the presented models can be considered to be applicable in existing snow retrieval algorithms.
Sponsorship	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society IEEE URSI
Starting Page	6593
Ending Page	6607
Page Count	15
File Size	3026406
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01962892
Volume Number	53
Issue Number	12
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2015-01-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Snow Optical sensors Vegetation Remote sensing Synthetic aperture radar Microwave radiometry Adaptive optics transmissivity Boreal forest optical passive microwave remote sensing of snow synthetic aperture radar (SAR) snow
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Earth and Planetary Sciences Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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