Measuring Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Using Spaceborne GNSS Reflectometry From TechDemoSat-1
The capability of spaceborne Global Navigation Satellite System-reflectometry (GNSS-R) for Greenland ice sheet melt detection is investigated using the TechDemoSat-1 satellite (TDS-1) data. The melt detection is based on the sensitivity of GNSS-R signal to the presence of liquid water in snow pack....
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/236224 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/236224 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Bistatic radar Global navigation satellite systems Greenland ice sheet Melt |
| Resumo: | The capability of spaceborne Global Navigation Satellite System-reflectometry (GNSS-R) for Greenland ice sheet melt detection is investigated using the TechDemoSat-1 satellite (TDS-1) data. The melt detection is based on the sensitivity of GNSS-R signal to the presence of liquid water in snow pack. Statistical analysis during the 2018 melt season shows melt detection using GNSS-R is possible with an agreement of 90% comparing to the microwave radiometer (MWR) data. In 37% of the cases GNSS-R detects melting when MWR does not. The inconsistency observed between GNSS-R and MWR is mainly due to the different features of the two observation concepts and the limitations of currently available GNSS-R data. Furthermore, the large penetration depth of the GNSS signal can potentially provide complementary information on melt occurrence in ice sheet subsurface. These results show the potential of future GNSS-R missions for ice sheet melt detection. |
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