Validation of Satellite Derived Snow Physical Parameters at Saroma Lagoon, Japan (Extended Abstract)

MASAHIRO HORI1, TERUO AOKI2, HIROSHI ISHIMOTO2, TOMONORI TANIKAWA3, KAZUHIRO NAOKI4, KENICHI MATSUOKA5, YASUKO OGURA6, AKIHIRO HACHIKUS07, RUNE STORVOLD8, HANS EIDE9, KNUT STAMNES5, BINGQUAN CHEN9 and WEI Le 'National Space Development Agency of Japan ; Harumi , Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-6023 JAPAN 'Meteorological Research Institute ; Nagamine , Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0052 JAPAN, 3University of Tsukuba ; Tennodai , Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577 JAPAN 'Hokkaido Univ . of Education ; Shiroyama, Kushiro, Hokkaido 085-8580 JAPAN 'University of Washington ; Seattle , WA 98195-1310 USA 6Graduate University for Advance Study ; Kaga , Itahashi-ku,Tokyo 173-8515 JAPAN 7Kitami Institute of Technology ; Koen-cho Kitami , Hokkaido 090-8507 JAPAN 'University of Alaska Fairbanks ; Fairbanks , AK 99775-7320 USA 9Stevens Institute of Technology ; Hoboken , NJ 07030 USA