Satellite FSCA at Hornsund (PASSES)

Created April 3, 2026

Updated on May 1, 2026

terrestrial Photography ApplicationS on Snow covEr in Svalbard Project start: 2018-04-15 - end: 2021-12-31

The purpose of this activity is the development of a new snow product focused on the estimation of the fraction of snow cover in selected sites at different spatial resolutions. This dataset will be aimed to support the estimation of cryospheric information using remotely sensed data, with a particular attention to data obtained in the framework of the Copernicus program. The availability of this dataset in a natural laboratory such as Svalbard islands will support the reduction of the gap between remotely sensed data and modeling activities. This added value will be very important considering the higher spatial resolution of the sensors recently deployed. The dataset will be based on re-using data obtained from public repositories such as the digital elevation model of Svalbard, the available webcam imageries in Svalbard and satellite products from Landsat, Sentinel and MODIS missions. All the available data will be integrated in order to estimate the fraction of snow cover, at different spatial resolutions, for each satellite mission. These estimations, computed at different sites in Svalbard islands, will offer the opportunity to better integrate results obtained by remote sensing with modeling and air-snow interactions studies. Particular attention will be devoted to the formalization of agreements with raw-data providers in case of not-public licensing policies.

itineris-hub
Tags:
ARCTIC
CRYOSPHERE
Environmental monitoring facilities
Fractional snow cover
ITALY
Processes at surface Soil snow and vegetation
SNOW ICE
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN

Dataset extent

Geonetwork Links
GN_Metadata_Show
https://geonetwork.itineris.cnr.it/geonetwork/srv/en/catalog.search#/metadata/1412ccb9-e357-4cbd-b5eb-dcf09943b083
GN_Metadata_Source
https://geonetwork.itineris.cnr.it/geonetwork/srv/en/xml.metadata.get?uuid=1412ccb9-e357-4cbd-b5eb-dcf09943b083
GN_URL
https://geonetwork.itineris.cnr.it/geonetwork
Detailed informations
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bbox-east-long
11.20
bbox-north-lat
79.00
bbox-south-lat
78.90
bbox-west-long
11.00
contact-email
roberto.salzano@cnr.it
coupled-resource
[]
dataset-reference-date
[{"type": "creation", "value": "2021-10-01T00:00:00"}]
frequency-of-update
annually
graphic-preview-file
https://metadata.iadc.cnr.it/geonetwork/srv/api/records/1412ccb9-e357-4cbd-b5eb-dcf09943b083/attachments/sicA-20190602-1201.jpg
GUID
1412ccb9-e357-4cbd-b5eb-dcf09943b083
licence
[]
lineage
FSCA retrieval form satellite data at Hornsund.
metadata-date
2025-05-12T14:24:50
metadata-language
eng
point_of_contact 1
Roberto Salzano, roberto.salzano@cnr.it
point_of_contact 2
Rosamaria Salvatori, rosamaria.salvatori@cnr.it
progress
onGoing
resource-type
dataset
responsible-party
[{"name": "CNR-IIA", "roles": ["principalInvestigator"]}, {"name": "CNR-ISP", "roles": ["resourceProvider"]}]
spatial
{"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[11.0, 78.9], [11.2, 78.9], [11.2, 79.0], [11.0, 79.0], [11.0, 78.9]]]}
spatial_harvester
true
system:type
Dataset
temporal-extent-begin
2015-01-01
temporal-extent-end
2020-12-31
topic_category
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, geoscientificInformation
Management Info
Author
CNR
Maintainer
Geonetwork Harvester
Last Updated
May 1, 2026, 15:42 (UTC)
Created
April 3, 2026, 23:16 (UTC)
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