Estimating Snowpack Density from Near-Infrared Spectral Reflectance Using a Hybrid Model.

El Oufir, Mohamed Karim; Chokmani, Karem ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0018-0761; El Alem, Anas et Bernier, Monique (2021). Estimating Snowpack Density from Near-Infrared Spectral Reflectance Using a Hybrid Model. Remote Sensing , vol. 13 , nº 20. p. 4089. DOI: 10.3390/rs13204089.

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Improving the estimation of snow density is a key task in current snow research. Characterization of the variability of density in time and space is essential for the estimation of water equivalent, hydroelectric power production, assessment of natural hazards (avalanches, floods, etc.). Hyperspectral imaging is proving to be a promising and reliable tool for monitoring and estimating this physical property. Indeed, the spectral reflectance of snow is partly controlled by changes in its physical properties, particularly in the near-infrared (NIR) part of the spectrum. For this purpose, several models have been designed to estimate snow density from spectral information. However, none has yet achieved significant performance. One of the major difficulties is that the relationship between snow density and spectral reflectance is non-bijective (surjective). Indeed, several reflectance amplitudes can be associated with the same density and vice versa, so the correlation between density and spectral reflectance can be very poor. To resolve this issue, a hybrid snow density estimation model based on spectral data is proposed in this work. The principle behind this model is to classify the snow density prior to its estimation by means of a specific estimator corresponding to a predetermined snow density class. These additional steps eliminate the surjective relation by converting it into three bijective relations between density and spectral reflectance. The calibration step showed that the densities included within the three classes are sensitive to different spectral regions, with R² > 0.80. The results of the cross-validation for the specific estimators were also satisfactory with R² > 0.78 and RMSE < 36.36 kg m⁻³. The overall performance of the hybrid model (HM), when tested with independent data, demonstrated the effectiveness of using proximal NIR hyperspectral imagery to estimate snow density (R² = NASH = 0.93).

Type de document:	Article
Mots-clés libres:	snowpack; snow density; spectral reflectance; near-infrared; hybrid model; hyperspectral imagery
Centre:	Centre Eau Terre Environnement
Date de dépôt:	09 févr. 2022 15:36
Dernière modification:	09 févr. 2022 15:36
URI:	https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/12217

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