SNORTEX (Snow Reflectance Transition Experiment): Remote sensing measurement of the dynamic properties of the boreal snow-forest in support to climate and weather forecast: Report of IOP-2008

Large discrepancies are observed between snow albedo in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models and from satellite observations in the case of high vegetation. Knowledge of the Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) of snow-forest system is required to solve the problem. The 3-year...

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Main Authors: Roujean, J.-L., Manninen, T., Kontu, A., Peltoniemi, J., Hautecoeur, O., Riihela, A., Lahtinen, P., Siljamo, N., Lotjonen, M., Suokanerva, H., Sukuvaara, T., Kaasalainen, S., Aulamo, O., Aaltonen, V., Tholix, L., Karhu, J., Suomalainen, J., Hakala, T., Kaartinen, H.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
airborne
albedo
Bidirectional control
BRDF
Distribution functions
Helicopters
Predictive models
Reflectivity
Remote sensing
Satellites
Snow
validation
Vegetation
Weather forecasting
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Summary:Large discrepancies are observed between snow albedo in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models and from satellite observations in the case of high vegetation. Knowledge of the Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) of snow-forest system is required to solve the problem. The 3-years SNORTEX (Snow Reflectance Transition Experiment) campaign acquires from 2008 in situ measurements of snow and forest properties in support to the development of modelling tools and to validate coarse resolution satellite products (POLDER, MODIS, MERIS, METOP). The measurement scheme and some first example results are presented from the Intensive Observing Period (IOP) of 2008, which can be decomposed into airborne and ground operations. Multi-temporal BRDF at a metric resolution were acquired from OSIRIS (airPOLDER) onboard a helicopter and from ground with FigiFiGo spectrogoniometer. The same helicopter embarked a pair of UV sensors, pyranometers and a wide-optics camera. Ground component includes exhaustive snow measurements.
ISSN:2153-6996
2153-7003
DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5418231