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12 Feb 2024
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Snow water equivalent retrieval over Idaho – Part 1: Using Sentinel-1 repeat-pass interferometry
Shadi Oveisgharan
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA, USA
Robert Zinke
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA, USA
Zachary Hoppinen
Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, 1295 University Drive, Boise, ID, USA
Hans Peter Marshall
Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, 1295 University Drive, Boise, ID, USA
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The seasonal snowpack provides water resources to billions of people worldwide. Large-scale mapping of snow water equivalent (SWE) with high resolution is critical for many scientific and economics fields. In this work we used the radar remote sensing interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) to estimate the SWE change between 2 d. The error in the estimated SWE change is less than 2 cm for in situ stations. Additionally, the retrieved SWE using InSAR is correlated with lidar snow depth.
The seasonal snowpack provides water resources to billions of people worldwide. Large-scale...
