In-situ Data - Cryosphere -

§ Spectral directional emissivity of snow and ice in the 8-14 micro meter atmospheric window

§     Description: Spectral directional emissivity for various snow and ice types were measured at six exitance angles shown below at several outdoor sites.

§     Instrument: a portable battery-powered FT-IR (Model102FW, Designs and Prototypes, Ltd., USA)

§     Exitance Angles (ANG): 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75°

§     Places: snow and ice fields in Hokkaido, Japan and Barrow, Alaska

§     Observation Periods: 26 Feb/2002 – 24 Mar/2004

§     Data Format: comma-separated variable (csv) ASCII format

§     Download Data Files:

§         Fine snow

§         Medium granular snow

§         Coarse grain snow

§         Sun crust

§         Bare ice

§ References

For further details of the measurement methods, data production as well as the observation sites, please refer to the following paper.

§     Hori, M., Te. Aoki, T. Tanikawa, H. Motoyoshi, A. Hachikubo, K. Sugiura, T.J. Yasunari, H. Eide, R. Storvold, Y. Nakajima, F. Takahashi, 2006: In-situ measured spectral directional emissivity of snow and ice in the 8-14 um atmospheric window, Remote Sensing of Environment, 100, 486-502.

§ Notice on data citation

When you use the spectral emissivity data in your publications, please cite the paper shown above and include credits in the acknowledgement. The following is an example of credits.
"The spectral emissivity data of snow and ice was provided by the Earth Observation Research Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency."
 

Also, we would appreciate receiving a preprint and/or reprint of those publications utilizing the data for inclusion in the ADEOS-2/GLI bibliography. These publications should be sent to:
The EORC GLI Office
Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Tsukuba space center E-2,

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