On the basis of a simulation of a range of snow types and various atmospheric profiles in a variety of possible illumination conditions, it has proven possible to develop typical spectral signatures above the atmosphere over mountainous terrain. Landsat TM data of the southern Sierra Nevada are presently analyzed to distinguish several classes of snow from other surface covers. It is found that snow can be reliably mapped at all sun angles encountered in the midlatitudes, and that large surface grain sizes can be distinguished from areas where the grain size is finer at the snow surface.
Estimation of properties of alpine snow from Landsat Thematic Mapper
Advances in Space Research ; 9 , 1 19
1989-01-01
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Estimation of properties of alpine snow from landsat thematic mapper
Elsevier | 1989
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AIAA | 1984
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