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Lemmetyinen, Juha; Cohen, Juval; Kontu, Anna; Vehviläinen, Juho; Hannula, Henna-Reetta; Leppänen, Leena; Merkouriadi, Ioanna; Scheiblauer, Stefan; Rott, Helmut; Nagler, Thomas; Ripper, Elisabeth; Elder, Kelly; Marshall, Hans-Peter; Fromm, Reinhard; Adams, Marc S; Derksen, Chris; King, Joshua; Toose, Peter; Siliis, Arvids; Rutter, Nick; Meta, Adriano; Coccia, Alex (2021): Airborne SnowSAR data at X- and Ku- bands over boreal forest, alpine and tundra snow cover [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933255

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Abstract:
The European Space Agency (ESA) SnowSAR instrument is a side looking, dual polarized (VV/VH), X/Ku band SAR, operable from a small aircraft. Between 2010 and 2013, the instrument was deployed at several sites in Northern Finland, Austrian Alps, and northern Canada. The purpose of the airborne campaigns was to gather information on the backscattering properties of snow covered terrain to support the development of Snow Water Equivalent retrieval techniques using SAR. SnowSAR was deployed in Sodankylä, Northern Finland for a single test flight in March 2011 and ten acquisition flights at two sites (tundra and boreal forest) in the winter of 2011-2012. Over the Austrian Alps, three flight campaigns were performed between November 2012 and February 2013 over three sites located in different elevation zones, representing a montane valley, Alpine tundra, and a glacier environment. In Canada a total of two missions were flown in March and April 2013, over sites in the Trail Valley Creek watershed, Northwest Territories, representative of the tundra snow regime. This data package includes the collected airborne SAR data, as well as coincident in situ information on meteorological conditions, land cover, vegetation and snow properties.
Keyword(s):
airborne; Alpes; Boreal; SAR; snow; Snow cover; Tundra
Supplement to:
Lemmetyinen, Juha; Cohen, Juval; Kontu, Anna; Vehviläinen, Juho; Hannula, Henna-Reetta; Merkouriadi, Ioanna; Scheiblauer, Stefan; Rott, Helmut; Nagler, Thomas; Ripper, Elisabeth; Elder, Kelly; Marshall, Hans-Peter; Fromm, Reinhard; Adams, Marc; Derksen, Chris; King, Joshua; Meta, Adriano; Coccia, Alex; Rutter, Nick; Sandells, Mel; Macelloni, Giovanni; Santi, Emanuele; Leduc-Leballeur, Marion; Essery, Richard; Menard, Cecile; Kern, Michael (2022): Airborne SnowSAR data at X and Ku bands over boreal forest, alpine and tundra snow cover. Earth System Science Data, 14(9), 3915-3945, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-3915-2022
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 61.778701 * Median Longitude: -15.570469 * South-bound Latitude: 46.843500 * West-bound Longitude: -133.760000 * North-bound Latitude: 68.693320 * East-bound Longitude: 27.550600
Date/Time Start: 2010-09-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2013-06-27T10:20:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Size:
17 datasets

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Datasets listed in this bundled publication

  1. Cohen, J; Meta, A; Coccia, A et al. (2021): NetCDF files containing raster layers of the Airborne SnowSAR observations, land cover (SCM) and elevation (DEM) over the Austrian ”AlpSAR” sites (Leutasch, Mittelbergferner and Rotmoos) in winter 2012-2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933245
  2. Cohen, J; Meta, A; Coccia, A et al. (2021): NetCDF files containing raster layers of the Airborne SnowSAR observations, land cover (SCM) and elevation (DEM) over the over the Canadian ”TVC” site in winter 2012-2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933248
  3. Cohen, J; Meta, A; Coccia, A et al. (2021): NetCDF files containing raster layers of the Airborne SnowSAR observations land cover (LC), elevation (DEM), canopy cover (CC), tree height (TH) and stem volume (VOL) over the Finnish sites Sodankylä and Saariselkä in march 2011 and winter 2011-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933247
  4. Scheiblauer, S; Rott, H; Nagler, T et al. (2021): Meteorological observations from Leutasch (Austria) collected by an automatic weather station during the winter 2012-2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933231
  5. Scheiblauer, S; Rott, H; Nagler, T et al. (2021): Meteorological observations from Rotmoos (Austria) collected by an automatic weather station during the winter 2012-2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933232
  6. Kontu, A; Vehviläinen, J (2021): Meteorological observations from Saariselkä (Finland) collected by an automatic weather station during the winter 2011-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933233
  7. Kontu, A; Vehviläinen, J (2021): Meteorological observations from Sodankylä (Finland) collected by an automatic weather station located in a forest site during winter 2010-2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933236
  8. Kontu, A; Vehviläinen, J (2021): Meteorological observations from Sodankylä (Finland) collected by an automatic weather station located in a forest site during winter 2011-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933240
  9. Kontu, A; Vehviläinen, J (2021): Meteorological observations from Sodankylä (Finland) collected by an automatic weather station located in a wetland site during winter 2010-2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933241
  10. Kontu, A; Vehviläinen, J (2021): Meteorological observations from Sodankylä (Finland) collected by an automatic weather station located in a wetland site during winter 2011-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933242
  11. Derksen, C; King, J; Toose, P et al. (2021): Meteorological observation from Trail Valley Creek (TVC, Canada) collected by two automatic weather stations during winter 2012-2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933243
  12. Nagler, T; Scheiblauer, S; Rott, H et al. (2021): ESRI shapefiles with manual snow depth (SD) measurements collected in Austria during winter 2012-2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933252
  13. Derksen, C; King, J; Toose, P et al. (2021): ESRI shapefiles with manual snow depth (SD) and snow water equivalent (SWE) measurements collected in Trail Valley Creek (TVC, Canada) during winter 2012-2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933253
  14. Lemmetyinen, J; Kontu, A; Vehviläinen, J et al. (2021): ESRI shapefiles with manual snow depth (SD) and snow water equivalent (SWE) measurements collected in Finland during winters 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933254
  15. Scheiblauer, S; Rott, H; Nagler, T et al. (2021): Snowpit measurements in Leutasch, Mittelbergferner and Rotmoos (Austria) during winter 2012-2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933249
  16. Derksen, C; King, J; Rutter, N et al. (2021): Snowpit measurements in Trail Valley Creek (Canada) during winter 2012-2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933250
  17. Kontu, A; Hannula, H-R; Leppänen, L (2021): Snowpit measurements in Sodankylä (Finland) during winters 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933251