Assessment of snow/ice cover characteristics on Baykal Lake from remote sensing satellite data
Lake Baykal is located in the terrain with sharply continental climate, and freezes every year for 4-6 months. The paper deals with common information on principles and methods of snow-ice cover analysis using remote sensed data. Author developed and discussed regional techniques of decoding and mapping the stages of ice development and melting over Lake Baykal with combination of visible and infrared AVHRR imagery.