@inproceedings{4fc2758a3fec4ec9960fd8dd673e6ca8,
title = "Detection of terrestrial snowmelt of China based on QuikSCAT",
abstract = "Snow cover is one of the most important components in predicting global water and influence the global heat budget. In this study, we reported the spatial and temporal distribution of seasonal wet snow cover derived from enhanced resolution (4.45 km/pix) QuikSCAT Ku band backscatter measurements in the winters of 2002-2009 of China. A threshold method was used to detect melt events. The main melt event was identified by the longest of melt duration. The wet snow map derived from satellite data over China was compared with in situ snow and air temperature measurements from Global Historical Climatology Network.",
keywords = "Ku band, QuikSCAT, Wet snow",
author = "Yurong Cui and Chuan Xiong and Jiancheng Shi and Lingmei Jiang and Bin Peng and Tongxi Hu",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.; 36th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2016 ; Conference date: 10-07-2016 Through 15-07-2016",
year = "2016",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/IGARSS.2016.7730284",
language = "English (US)",
series = "International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "4921--4923",
booktitle = "2016 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2016 - Proceedings",
address = "United States",
}