Publication Date:
2019-08-24
Description:
A new snow product created using the standard Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E) snow cover and snow-water equivalent products has been evaluated for the Lower Great Lakes region during the winter of 2002- 03. National Weather Service Co-Operative Observing Network stations and student-acquired snow data were used as ground truth. An interpolation scheme was used to map snow cover on the ground from the station measurements for each day of the study period. It is concluded that this technique does not represent the actual ground conditions adequately to permit evaluation of the new snow product in an absolute sense. However, use of the new product was found to improve the mapping of snow cover as compared to using either the MODIS or AMSR-E product, alone. Plans for further analysis are discussed.
Keywords:
Meteorology and Climatology
Type:
64th Eastern Snow Conference; May 29, 2007 - Jun 01, 2007; Saint Johns, Newfoundland; Canada
Format:
application/pdf
