A Dual-Frequency Ku-Band Radar Mission Concept for Seasonal Snow

Current satellite observing systems lack the capability to derive terrestrial snow water equivalent (SWE, the amount of liquid water stored in solid form by snow) at the spatial resolution, synoptic sensitivity, global coverage, and accuracy required for operational environmental monitoring, services, and prediction. The required combination of revisit time, spatial coverage, measurement resolution, and sensitivity to the mass of snow on the...