Snow grain size retrieval over the polar ice sheets with the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) observations

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• 作者：Yuekui Yang^a ; ^b ; ^{yuekui.yang@nasa.gov} ; Alexander Marshak^b ; Mei Han^b ; ^c ; Stephen P. Palm^b ; ^d ; David J. Harding^b
• 关键词：ICESat ; GLAS ; Snow grain size ; Greenland ; Antarctica ; Surface albedo
• 刊名：Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：188
• 期：Complete
• 页码：159-164
• 全文大小：2877 K
• 卷排序：188

文摘

ICESat surface reflectance observations at 1064 nm is sensitive to snow grain size. Spaceborn lidars have advantages over passive techniques for grain size retrieval. Grain sizes are retrieved over Greenland and Antarctica for the ICES at L2A campaign.