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Terrestrial Snow Studies from Remote Sensing in the Solar Spectrum and the Thermal Infrared

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Solar System Ices

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Large areas on earth are covered permanently or seasonally by snow, ice sheets, or sea ice. The widespread presence of snow and ice increases drastically the surface albedo of these areas and significantly influences climate. Consequently, variations of snow and ice cover are good indications of climatic change. A knowledge of the distribution and abundance of snow and ice are critical to such practical concerns as water supply, avalanche forecasting and routing of ships over ice-infested seas. It is often difficult to get ground data over such inaccessible, large and highly variable areas. Remote sensing from space is a good candidate for their study because satellite data can provide spatial and temporal coverage on a global scale.

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    M. Fily & C. Leroux

  2. Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique Université, Lille, France

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Fily, M., Leroux, C., Lenoble, J., Sergent, C. (1998). Terrestrial Snow Studies from Remote Sensing in the Solar Spectrum and the Thermal Infrared. In: Schmitt, B., De Bergh, C., Festou, M. (eds) Solar System Ices. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 227. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5252-5_18

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