The Cryospheric Science Group of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3) is pleased to welcome PhD candidate Qinghuan Li, to present his research at our seminar this month. This will mark the first in a 3-part series on cryospheric field research. His presentation is entitled:
"Passive microwave observations in a snow covered forest: A report on the field campaign in Sodankyla, Finland"
Qinghuan Li1 and Richard Kelly1
University of Waterloo1
The forest coverage is one of the major challenges for passive microwave snow observation with the remote sensing approach. To develop a feasible solution for SWE detection in the forested area, a good understanding of the microwave propagation in each element of the snow-covered forested region is needed. Although many studies relating to the radiative transfer (RT) process of vegetation and snowpack have been done, and some models have been developed, to retrieve SWE in a forested region is still very challenging because the RT process of the snow-covered forest is complex especially in the natural condition. Therefore, to develop a practicable solution for SWE retrieval in the forested region, more studies related to the RT process of the snow-covered forest are required. This field campaign endeavored to answer the key questions below:
- What does the canopy emission behavior look like during the winter time?
- How does the snowpack on the canopy and underneath the canopy influence the radiometer observations.
In this presentation, I will explain the configuration of the experiment, demonstrate the obtained data, and present the preliminary results.
Location Information
200 University Avenue West
2021
Waterloo , ON, CA N2L 3G1