Spatial and temporal variation of bulk snow properties in northern boreal
and tundra environments based on extensive field measurements

Hannula, Henna-Reetta; Lemmetyinen, Juha; Kontu, Anna; Derksen, Chris; Pulliainen, Jouni

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-347-2016

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| 08 Aug 2016

Spatial and temporal variation of bulk snow properties in northern boreal and tundra environments based on extensive field measurements

Henna-Reetta Hannula, Juha Lemmetyinen, Anna Kontu, Chris Derksen, and Jouni Pulliainen

Data sets

Europeen Space Agency ESA ESA Earth Observation Campaigns Data 2000-2016 https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/campaigns

Short summary

The paper described an extensive in situ data set of bulk snow depth, snow water equivalent, and snow density collected as a support of SnowSAR-2 airborne campaign in northern Finland. The spatial and temporal variability of these snow properties was analyzed in different land cover types. The success of the chosen measurement protocol to provide an accurate reference for the simultaneous SAR data products was analyzed in the context of spatial scale, sample size, and uncertainty.