An Approach to Improve the Spatial Resolution and Accuracy of AMSR2 Passive Microwave Snow Depth Product Using Machine Learning in Northeast China
Snow cover plays a highly critical role in the global water cycle and energy exchange. Accurate snow depth (SD) data are important for research on hydrologic processes, climate change, and natural disaster prediction. However, existing passive microwave (PMW) SD products have high uncertainty in Nor...
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| description | Snow cover plays a highly critical role in the global water cycle and energy exchange. Accurate snow depth (SD) data are important for research on hydrologic processes, climate change, and natural disaster prediction. However, existing passive microwave (PMW) SD products have high uncertainty in Northeast China owing to their coarse spatial resolution. Surface environment parameters should also be considered to reduce errors in existing SD products. Otherwise, it is difficult to accurately capture snow spatiotemporal variations, especially in a complex environment (e.g., mountain or forests areas). To improve the inversion accuracy and spatial resolution of existing SD products in Northeast China, a multifactor SD downscaling model was developed by combining PMW SD data from the AMSR2 sensor, optical snow cover extent data, and surface environmental parameters to produce fine scale (500 m × 500 m) and high precision SD data. Validations at 98 ground meteorological stations show that the developed model greatly improved the spatial resolution and inversion accuracy of the raw AMSR2 SD product; its root-mean-square error (RMSE) reduced from 26.15 cm of the raw product to 7.58 cm, and the correlation coefficient (R) increased from 0.39 to 0.53. For other SD products (WESTDC and FY), the multifactor SD downscaling model still has good applicability, it could further improve the performance of the WESTDC and FY SD products in time and space and achieve better inversion accuracy than raw SD products. Furthermore, the proposed model exhibited good agreement with the observed SD data in a field quadrat (3 km × 2 km) within the fine scale, with an error ranging between −2 and 2 cm. Compared with the existing downscaling methods, the proposed model presented the best performance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ba904e20952a4902b09251354f1fc4922023-11-30T22:13:41ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922022-03-01146148010.3390/rs14061480An Approach to Improve the Spatial Resolution and Accuracy of AMSR2 Passive Microwave Snow Depth Product Using Machine Learning in Northeast ChinaYanlin Wei0Xiaofeng Li1Li Li2Lingjia Gu3Xingming Zheng4Tao Jiang5Xiaojie Li6Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, ChinaNortheast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, ChinaCollege of Science, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, ChinaCollege of Electronic Science & Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, ChinaNortheast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, ChinaNortheast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, ChinaNortheast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, ChinaSnow cover plays a highly critical role in the global water cycle and energy exchange. Accurate snow depth (SD) data are important for research on hydrologic processes, climate change, and natural disaster prediction. However, existing passive microwave (PMW) SD products have high uncertainty in Northeast China owing to their coarse spatial resolution. Surface environment parameters should also be considered to reduce errors in existing SD products. Otherwise, it is difficult to accurately capture snow spatiotemporal variations, especially in a complex environment (e.g., mountain or forests areas). To improve the inversion accuracy and spatial resolution of existing SD products in Northeast China, a multifactor SD downscaling model was developed by combining PMW SD data from the AMSR2 sensor, optical snow cover extent data, and surface environmental parameters to produce fine scale (500 m × 500 m) and high precision SD data. Validations at 98 ground meteorological stations show that the developed model greatly improved the spatial resolution and inversion accuracy of the raw AMSR2 SD product; its root-mean-square error (RMSE) reduced from 26.15 cm of the raw product to 7.58 cm, and the correlation coefficient (R) increased from 0.39 to 0.53. For other SD products (WESTDC and FY), the multifactor SD downscaling model still has good applicability, it could further improve the performance of the WESTDC and FY SD products in time and space and achieve better inversion accuracy than raw SD products. Furthermore, the proposed model exhibited good agreement with the observed SD data in a field quadrat (3 km × 2 km) within the fine scale, with an error ranging between −2 and 2 cm. Compared with the existing downscaling methods, the proposed model presented the best performance.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/6/1480snow depthNortheast Chinadownscaling modelpassive microwavemachine learning |
| spellingShingle | Yanlin Wei Xiaofeng Li Li Li Lingjia Gu Xingming Zheng Tao Jiang Xiaojie Li An Approach to Improve the Spatial Resolution and Accuracy of AMSR2 Passive Microwave Snow Depth Product Using Machine Learning in Northeast China Remote Sensing snow depth Northeast China downscaling model passive microwave machine learning |
| title | An Approach to Improve the Spatial Resolution and Accuracy of AMSR2 Passive Microwave Snow Depth Product Using Machine Learning in Northeast China |
| title_full | An Approach to Improve the Spatial Resolution and Accuracy of AMSR2 Passive Microwave Snow Depth Product Using Machine Learning in Northeast China |
| title_fullStr | An Approach to Improve the Spatial Resolution and Accuracy of AMSR2 Passive Microwave Snow Depth Product Using Machine Learning in Northeast China |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Approach to Improve the Spatial Resolution and Accuracy of AMSR2 Passive Microwave Snow Depth Product Using Machine Learning in Northeast China |
| title_short | An Approach to Improve the Spatial Resolution and Accuracy of AMSR2 Passive Microwave Snow Depth Product Using Machine Learning in Northeast China |
| title_sort | approach to improve the spatial resolution and accuracy of amsr2 passive microwave snow depth product using machine learning in northeast china |
| topic | snow depth Northeast China downscaling model passive microwave machine learning |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/6/1480 |
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