Validation - Cryosphere -

Validation activities of Cryosphere group

• Snow/Sea Ice covered area
• Comparison between L-2 Products and Truth Data Set
• Comparison with other satellite data; MODIS, AVHRR and SSM/I
   
• Snow Grain Size and Impurities
• Comparison between L-2 Products and Truth Data Set
• Comparison with snow surface temperature inferred from thermal infrared channels
   
•  Validation sites
  - Map -
• Saroma 2002.2
• Saroma 2003.2
• Barrow, Alaska 2003.4-5
• Saroma 2004.2
• Barrow and Fairbanks, Alaska 2004.4-5
   
•  Principal Investigator (PI)
• Teruo Aoki (Meteorological Research Institute)