Contents:
Surface Melt Magnitude Retrieval over the Greenland Ice Sheet
Assessment of Bulk Snowpack
Tracking Alpine Snowpack
>> Acquisition of Portalbe Radiometer for Cryoshphere Remote Sensing Research
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More than 80% of the total fresh water on the Earth’s surface is in the form of snow or ice. Seasonal snow cover comprises approximately 30% of the Earth’s land surface, while 10% is perennial cover by glaciers. There has been significant interest in the state of the cryosphere and its response to a changing climate.
Acquisition of a portable field radiometer, operating in the visible, near-infrared, and short-wave infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, would facilitate continued use of ground collected radiometric signatures to support and validate techniques to monitor cryosphere research projects in seasonal snow cover dynamics as well as ice sheet surface processes
Acquisition of a portable radiometer will have significant impacts on collegial instruction at Pennsylvania State University through facilitating curriculum development in robust remote sensing education and broaden access to necessary instrumentation. This component of infrastructure capacity will advance Penn State’s stature as a nexus of remote sensing education and research.
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