MONITORING OF SNOW PROPERTIES WITH SENTINEL-3

摘要

Seasonal snow is an important component of the Earthrnsystem heavily affecting the energy balance and thernwater cycle at high latitudes and elevations. Earthrnobservation is the only practical means of frequent andrnaccurate monitoring of snow properties in these regions.rnThis paper gives an overview of Sentinel-3’s potentialrnfor retrieval of snow properties together with examplesrndemonstrated with other sensors like MERIS, AATSRrnand MODIS.