Satellite microwave assessment of Northern Hemisphere lake ice phenology from 2002 to 2015

A new automated method enabling consistent satellite assessment of seasonal lake ice phenology at 5 km resolution was developed for all lake pixels (water coverage  ≥  90 %) in the Northern Hemisphere using 36.5 GHz H-polarized brightness temperature (<i>T</i><sub>b</sub>) ob...

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Main Authors: J. Du, J. S. Kimball, C. Duguay, Y. Kim, J. D. Watts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-01-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/11/47/2017/tc-11-47-2017.pdf