SMRT is a passive/radar/altimeter microwave model for seasonal snow and sea-ice developed in the framework of an ESA project aiming at explor ing the role of snow microstructure and unifying the ingredients of existin g model/theories (MEMLS, DMRT-QMS, HUT, ...). More information is available on the websitehttp://www.smrt-model.science/. S MRT is available from GitHubhttps://gith ub.com/smrt-model/smrt.
The aim of this 2.5 day workshop is to pr ovide a general introduction to snow microwave modelling and a specific int roduction to SMRT. Participants will have an opportunity to learn how to us e the SMRT model for different cryospheric environments, sea-ice, terrestri al snow, firn, etc. In particular, lectures, practicals and discussions wil l cover:
- Snow microstructure and its impact on microwave scattering
- Different electromagnetic theories (IBA, DMRT, SCE) to compute sca ttering from random media
- Numerous ways to represent a scattering m edium, with application to snow, saline ice, fresh ice, ground, rough inter faces, ….
- Methods to solve the radiative transfer equation and the SMRT altimetry extension.
- “Bring your data (or ideas)”. Support wil l be offered to help participants use SMRT for their own research.
We would like to welcome those of all career and expertise levels. Attendance at the workshop is free but registration will be mandatory and the number of workshop places will be limited to 27 participants. Participants will ne ed to fund their own travel to Bremerhaven, food and accommodation.
F or further discussion on SMRT, we will travel to Berlin for IUGG2023 after the workshop !
The application is open until 14th April on the worksh op website https://smrt20>23.sciencesconf.org/ and we will confirm place allocations by the 28th April.
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