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    • Full-wave Simulations of Forest at L-band with Fast Hybrid Multiple Scattering Theory Method and Comparison with GNSS Signals
    • Full-wave Simulations of Forest at L-band with Fast Hybrid Multiple Scattering Theory Method and Comparison with GNSS Signals
    • ADVANCED OPERATIONAL FLOOD MONITORING IN THE NEW ERA: HARNESSING HIGH-RESOLUTION, EVENT BASED, AND MULTI-SOURCE REMOTE SENSING DATA FOR FLOOD EXTENT DETECTION AND DEPTH ESTIMATION
    • High-Resolution Assessment of Heat Mitigation and Water Stress in New York City's Urban Forests Using ECOSTRESS and UAVSAR
    • Near-real-time Flood Mapping System Using Multi-source SAR images: Adaptive Initialization Enhances Detection in Snow and Arid Terrains
    • NISAR Tropical WETlands Validation Experiment (WETVEX): Implementation of a ground validation infrastructure to characterize inundation extent and dynamics in a tropical wetlands complex in Pacaya Samiria, Peru
    • Advancements in Operational SAR Flood Extent and Depth Mapping: Addressing Challenges in Snow, Arid, and Urban Environments on a Global Scale
    • Bioleaching of Gold in Mine Tailings by Alcaligenes faecalis
    • CYGNSS Inundation Patterns Over a Tropical Wetlands Complex
    • Temperate Forest Biomass and Water Content Observed with L-band Radiometry: Experimental Results from SMAPVEX19-22
    • What granularity of DEM is recommended to map flood depth from high resolution extent?
    • Characterization of site-specific vegetation activity in Alaskan wet and dry tundra as related to climate and soil state
    • Scattering properties of ecosystem structure and composition: Using terrestrial lidar for parameterization in radar scattering models of forests
    • L-band vegetation optical depth as an indicator of plant water potential in a temperate deciduous forest stand
    • Mapping seasonal glacier melt across the Hindu Kush Himalaya with time series synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
    • Plot-scale Forest Structural Models from Terrestrial Laser Scanning
    • Comparative study of hydrology and icemelt in three Nepal river basins using the Glacio-Hydrological Degree-Day Model (GDM) and observations from the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT)
    • Mapping seasonal glacier melt across the Hindu Kush Himalaya with time series SAR
    • Space-based observations for understanding changes in the arctic-boreal zone
    • Characterization of Ecosystem Structure in Tropical Forests Using Point Clouds Derived from LIDAR and Drone to Support Interpretation of Radar Imaging Data Sets
    • Characterization of Site-Specific Alaskan Tundra Vegetation Activity as Driven by Climate and Soil Conditions
    • Frost Degree-Day Mapping over Permafrost Soils in the Arctic Boreal Zone from Multifrequency Passive Microwave Radiometry
    • Microwave Radiometry for Remote Sensing of Plant Water Status Dynamics: Stand-Scale Evaluation in a Temperate Deciduous Forest
    • Significant Glacier Surface Melt Detected Across the Himalayas in Synthetic Aperture Radar Time Series
    • Where are the world's glacial lakes and how big are they?
    • A multi-sensor and modeling approach to identify grapevine growth and health for improved vineyard monitoring and management.
    • An integrated assessment approach for estimating the economic impacts of climate change on River systems: An application to hydropower and fisheries in a Himalayan River, Trishuli
    • Assessing L-band GNSS-reflectometry and imaging radar for detecting sub-canopy inundation dynamics in a tropical wetlands complex
    • Assessment of Climate-Induced Change in River Flow and Associated Effects on Hydropower Generation and Ecosystem Services in Nepal using Satellite Remote Sensing
    • CARVE: Ecosystem Scale CH4 Emission Derived from Aircraft Observations 2012-2014
    • Estimating regional-scale methane flux and budgets using CARVE aircraft measurements over Alaska
    • Mapping Global Wetlands Using Smap Radar Data
    • Monitoring Seasonal Soil Frost Dynamics in Boreal-Alaska Ecosystems with Multi-Frequency Radiometer Observations
    • Multiscale Characterization of Tropical Forest Structure Integrating SAR Remote Sensing, Drone Mapping, and Microclimate Analysis
    • Spring photosynthetic onset and net CO 2 uptake in Alaska triggered by landscape thawing
    • Variability in Seasonal Vegetation and Soil Biophysics Observed with In Situ Station Data and Microwave Remote Sensing in Boreal-Arctic Ecosystems
    • A blended approach to analyze staple and high-value crops using remote sensing with radiative transfer and crop models.
    • Advantages and limitations of L-band bistatic radar remote sensing of landscape freeze/thaw state
    • CARVE: Daily Thaw State of Boreal and Arctic Alaska from AMSR-E and SSM/I, 2003-2014
    • CARVE: L4 Gridded Footprints from WRF-STILT model, 2012--2016, ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
    • Economic Analysis of the Impacts of Climate-Induced Changes in River Flow on Hydropower and Fisheries in Himalayan region.
    • Economic Analysis of the Impacts of Climate-Induced Changes in River Flow on Hydropower and Fisheries in Himalayan region.
    • Multiscale radar mapping of surface melt over mountain glaciers in High Mountain Asia
    • The FROst Dynamics Observatory (FRODO) Concept
    • Characterization of surface properties over permafrost soils using a high resolution mid-infrared camera as part of the Carbon in the Arctic Vulnerability Experiment (CARVE)
    • An example journal article
    • Atmospheric transport simulations in support of the Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment (CARVE)
    • Constraining the 2012-2014 growing season Alaskan methane budget using CARVE aircraft measurements
    • Snowmelt and Surface Freeze/Thaw Timings over Alaska derived from Passive Microwave Observations using a Wavelet Classifier
    • A Comparison of Satellite and Aircraft-Mounted Thermal Observations of Freeze/Thaw Cycling of the Alaska Tundra and Boreal Forests during the Carbon in the Arctic Vulnerability Experiment (CARVE)
    • A wavelet melt detection algorithm applied to enhanced-resolution scatterometer data over Antarctica (2000--2009)
    • Atmospheric transport simulations in support of the Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment (CARVE)
    • Integrated Land Surface Water State Indicators for Climate Assessment
    • An example conference paper
    • 1The City College of New York, The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA E-mail: mtedesco@ ccny. cuny. edu 2The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA 3Center for Biofilm Engineering and the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
    • A wavelet melt detection algorithm applied to enhanced resolution scatterometer data over Antarctica
    • ASCAT MetOp-A Backscatter Observations over the Global Land Surface: Application to Monitoring Recent Trends in Lake and Wetland Extent and to Monitoring Crop Growth over the United States
    • Comparative analysis of morphological, mineralogical and spectral properties of cryoconite in Jakobshavn Isbrae, Greenland, and Canada Glacier, Antarctica
    • Interactive comment on “A wavelet melt detection algorithm applied to enhanced resolution scatterometer data over Antarctica (2000--2009)” by N. Steiner and M. Tedesco
    • Landscape Temperature and Frozen/Thawed Condition over Alaska with Infrared and Active/Passive Microwave Remote Sensing: Determination of Thermal Controls on Land-Atmosphere Carbon Flux in Support of CARVE
    • Spatial and Temporal Analysis of inundation and Freeze/Thaw states in Alaska Using High Resolution ALOS PALSAR Observations
    • Trends in Antarctic Peninsula surface melting conditions from observations and regional climate modeling
    • Application of ALOS PALSAR ScanSAR data for determining the freeze/thaw surface state over Alaska
    • Assessment of the MAR regional climate model over the Antarctic Peninsula (1999-2009) through spaceborne enhanced spatial resolution melting maps and near-surface observations
    • Compiling ASCAT Scatterometer Data for Continuing Global Vegetation State Monitoring: An initial comparison with SeaWinds-on-QuikSCAT Scatterometer Data
    • Ground Validated Freeze/Thaw Timings Using Multifrequency Active and Passive Satellite Observations: A Comparison of Retrieval Methodologies
    • Measurement and modeling of ablation of the bottom of supraglacial lakes in western Greenland
    • The Remote Sensing and Measurement of Melting Processes on Greenland and Antarctica
    • Trends in Antarctic Peninsula surface melting conditions from observations and regional climate modelling
    • An Enhanced Resolution Quikscat Derived Antarctic Melt Record (1999-2009): Development and Evaluation of Wavelet-Based Methods
    • Greenland Ice Sheet-Arctic Report Card: Update for 2011
    • Identification of accumulation, density and grain size bias in the regional climate model MAR over the Greenland ice sheet using in-situ and remotely sensed data
    • In-situ multispectral and bathymetric measurements over a supraglacial lake in western Greenland using a remotely controlled watercraft
    • From Colorado to Greenland: the 2010 Ground Passive and Active Snow (GAPS) Experiment
    • Snow micro penetrometer and near infrared photography for grain type classification
    • The 2009 and 2010 Ground Passive and Active Snow (GAPS) Experiments
    • Bacteria-clay interaction: structural changes in smectite induced during biofilm formation
    • The 2009 Ground Passive and Active Snow (GAPS) Experiment
    • Application of UV and NIR Bands for the Advanced IOP Retrieval Algorithms in Coastal Waters
    • Combined active/passive microwave wavelet-based approach for snowmelt detection over Antarctica ice shelves
    • Scanning Electron Microscope and Micro-Chemical Speciation of Sulfate-dominated, lead-bearing aerosols, New York City, 2007
    • Clay-Bacteria Systems and Biofilm Production
    • COMBINING ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MICROWAVE DATA FOR SNOW PARAMETERS RETRIEVAL WITH MULTI-SENSOR SNOW PROPERTIES MEASUREMENTS: THE GAPS09 AND GAPS10 EXPERIMENTS
    • Electrical Imaging of Infiltration in Agricultural Soils on Long Island, New York
    • INTERACTIVE DATA LANGUAGE MAPPING FOR QUANTITATIVE PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION: PALISADES FERRO-BASALTS AND GRANOPHYRES
    • Iron enrichment in basaltic rocks of the Newark Basin: crystallization in an open system
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Mapping seasonal glacier melt across the Hindu Kush Himalaya with time series synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Jan 1, 2021·
Corey Scher
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Nicholas C Steiner
,
Kyle C McDonald
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The cryosphere
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