ERS-1 SAR for snow monitoring

Describes the project to assess the potential of SAR data for snow cover monitoring. The project is a joint project between NORUT IT and SINTEF-NHL. The authors have acquired 16 ERS-1 SAR data sets and conducted four field measurements from a test area in Norway in the snow melt period of 1992. The preliminary results shows that the C-band SAR is capable of discriminating between dry and wet snow. >