Microwave radiometry experiment for snow in Altay, China: time series of in situ data for electromagnetic and physical features of snowpack
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Published:2022-08-03
Issue:8
Volume:14
Page:3509-3530
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ISSN:1866-3516
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Container-title:Earth System Science Data
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Earth Syst. Sci. Data
Author:
Dai LiyunORCID, Che TaoORCID, Zhang Yang, Ren Zhiguo, Tan Junlei, Akynbekkyzy Meerzhan, Xiao Lin, Zhou Shengnan, Yan Yuna, Liu YanORCID, Li Hongyi, Wang Lifu
Abstract
Abstract. In this paper, we present a comprehensive experiment,
namely, an Integrated Microwave Radiometry Campaign for snow (IMCS), in
Xinjiang, China, during the snow season of 2015–2016. The campaign hosted a dual-polarized microwave radiometer operating at L, K, and Ka bands to provide minutely passive microwave observations of snow cover at a fixed site, along with daily manual snow pit observations of snow physical parameters, automatic observations of 10 min four-component radiation and layered snow temperatures, and meteorological observations of hourly weather data and soil data. To the best of our knowledge, our dataset is unique in providing continuous daily snow pit data and coincident microwave brightness temperatures, radiation and meteorological data, at a fixed site over a full season, which can be straightforwardly used for evaluation and development of microwave radiative transfer models and snow process models, along with land surface process and hydrology models. The consolidated data are available at (https://doi.org/10.11888/Snow.tpdc.270886) (Dai, 2020).
Funder
National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars National Natural Science Foundation of China
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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