A Large-Scale Snow Depth Retrieval Method for Alaska Based on Point-Surface Fusion and Random Forest Model
Accurate snow depth (SD) monitoring is crucial for understanding climate change and managing water resources. However, due to the sparse distribution of meteorological stations and the limited accuracy of passive microwave remote sensing data, the retrieval accuracy of large-scale snow depth in regi...
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| description | Accurate snow depth (SD) monitoring is crucial for understanding climate change and managing water resources. However, due to the sparse distribution of meteorological stations and the limited accuracy of passive microwave remote sensing data, the retrieval accuracy of large-scale snow depth in regions with complex terrain and variable climate conditions has faced significant challenges. To address this issue, this paper proposes a large-scale snow depth retrieval method based on point-surface fusion technology with the Random Forest (RF) model. The method integrates ground-based snow depth measurements with passive microwave brightness temperature data using the RF algorithm and incorporates geographic coordinates, elevation, brightness temperature, brightness temperature gradient differences, and time variables for each grid cell in Alaska, which significantly improves the accuracy and spatial resolution of the large-scale snow depth retrieval. Five-fold cross-validation results show the model exhibits excellent fitting performance (R<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{2} =0.9627$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, MAE =4.6 cm, RMSE =10.08 cm), particularly demonstrating strong robustness in sparse meteorological stations. The results indicate that the proposed method effectively captures the spatiotemporal variations in snow depth across Alaska from 2008 to 2016, providing valuable technical support for snow depth monitoring and climate change research in cold regions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-be558c7be52946f0b3dc3a267f36ceb62025-02-11T00:01:22ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113243362434410.1109/ACCESS.2025.353898810872925A Large-Scale Snow Depth Retrieval Method for Alaska Based on Point-Surface Fusion and Random Forest ModelNingjun Wang0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4130-461XTiantian Liu1School of Civil and Engineering, Panzhihua University, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaSchool of Vanadium and Tiantium, Panzhihua University, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaAccurate snow depth (SD) monitoring is crucial for understanding climate change and managing water resources. However, due to the sparse distribution of meteorological stations and the limited accuracy of passive microwave remote sensing data, the retrieval accuracy of large-scale snow depth in regions with complex terrain and variable climate conditions has faced significant challenges. To address this issue, this paper proposes a large-scale snow depth retrieval method based on point-surface fusion technology with the Random Forest (RF) model. The method integrates ground-based snow depth measurements with passive microwave brightness temperature data using the RF algorithm and incorporates geographic coordinates, elevation, brightness temperature, brightness temperature gradient differences, and time variables for each grid cell in Alaska, which significantly improves the accuracy and spatial resolution of the large-scale snow depth retrieval. Five-fold cross-validation results show the model exhibits excellent fitting performance (R<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{2} =0.9627$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, MAE =4.6 cm, RMSE =10.08 cm), particularly demonstrating strong robustness in sparse meteorological stations. The results indicate that the proposed method effectively captures the spatiotemporal variations in snow depth across Alaska from 2008 to 2016, providing valuable technical support for snow depth monitoring and climate change research in cold regions.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10872925/Snow depthpassive microwave remote sensingbrightness temperaturerandom forestpoint-surface fusion |
| spellingShingle | Ningjun Wang Tiantian Liu A Large-Scale Snow Depth Retrieval Method for Alaska Based on Point-Surface Fusion and Random Forest Model IEEE Access Snow depth passive microwave remote sensing brightness temperature random forest point-surface fusion |
| title | A Large-Scale Snow Depth Retrieval Method for Alaska Based on Point-Surface Fusion and Random Forest Model |
| title_full | A Large-Scale Snow Depth Retrieval Method for Alaska Based on Point-Surface Fusion and Random Forest Model |
| title_fullStr | A Large-Scale Snow Depth Retrieval Method for Alaska Based on Point-Surface Fusion and Random Forest Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Large-Scale Snow Depth Retrieval Method for Alaska Based on Point-Surface Fusion and Random Forest Model |
| title_short | A Large-Scale Snow Depth Retrieval Method for Alaska Based on Point-Surface Fusion and Random Forest Model |
| title_sort | large scale snow depth retrieval method for alaska based on point surface fusion and random forest model |
| topic | Snow depth passive microwave remote sensing brightness temperature random forest point-surface fusion |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10872925/ |
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