SnowEx17 Radiometrics Surface-Based Radiometer Brightness Temperatures, Version 1
Data set id:
SNEX17_SBR
DOI: 10.5067/JWONK1ZTSBXX
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set consists of surface-based radiometer (SBR) brightness temperatures of the snow surface and vegetation at Grand Mesa, CO, USA, acquired during NASA's 2017 SnowEx campaign. Four SBRs were deployed in the field and obtained measurements at 89, 37, 19, and 10.67 GHz in both vertical (V-pol) and horizontal (H-pol) polarizations. Data are available for 37 locations across Grand Mesa collected over five days in February, 2017. They include both 2-4 minute observations and 20 minute, continuous measurements during surface melt, with the latter designed to capture the brightness temperature increase caused by the presence of liquid water in the snow.
This data set also contains snowfork measurements of snow wetness for 13 sites.
Parameter(s):
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURESNOW WETNESS
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
RADIOMETERS
Data Format(s):
JPEG, CSV
Temporal Coverage:
14 February 2017 to 18 February 2017
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84
EPSG:4978
Spatial Coverage:
N:
39.10552
S:
39.02098
E:
-107.846975
W:
-108.23134528824981
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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