Remote Sensing of Environmental Changes in Cold Regions

• Main Author: Du, Jinyang (auth)
• Other Authors: Lu, Hui (auth), Jiang, Lingmei (auth), Watts, Jennifer D. (auth), Tarolli, Paolo (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; n/a; near-nadir SAR; ice run; RADARSAT-2; Tibetan Plateau; wildfire; northern high latitudes; microwave radiometer experiment; climate change; Everest; remote sensing; frozen soil; tundra ponds; shipborne observation; passive microwave; microwave radiation response depth (MRRD); protected areas; snow; global change; WALOMIS; glacial lake; Antarctica; lake; Arctic wetlands; snow depth; ground-based radiometer; parameterized model; sea ice concentration; decomposition; Athabasca River; wetlands; FY-3D/MWRI; China; regional algorithms; Alaska; aerial photographs; Fort McMurray; elevation; L-band emission; Frozen soil; Arctic navigation; Landsat; cryosphere; Tian Gong 2; MODIS; desiccation; supraglacial pond; Himalaya
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Summary

This Special Issue gathers papers reporting recent advances in the remote sensing of cold regions. It includes contributions presenting improvements in modeling microwave emissions from snow, assessment of satellite-based sea ice concentration products, satellite monitoring of ice jam and glacier lake outburst floods, satellite mapping of snow depth and soil freeze/thaw states, near-nadir interferometric imaging of surface water bodies, and remote sensing-based assessment of high arctic lake environment and vegetation recovery from wildfire disturbances in Alaska. A comprehensive review is presented to summarize the achievements, challenges, and opportunities of cold land remote sensing.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (210 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-03921-571-3
9783039215713
9783039215706

Access

Open Access