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Seeing the snow through the trees : towards a validated canopy adjustment for satellite fractional snow-covered area

Creator:

Coons, Lexi

Abstract:

Forest canopy cover presents a major challenge for remote sensing of fractional snow-covered area (ƒSCA). Snow cover is systematically underestimated where satellites sensors cannot penetrate the forest canopy. Current canopy adjustments scale observable ƒSCA with the vegetation fraction, assuming that snow cover distributions are similar between sub-canopy and open locations....

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis