Inference of snow cover beneath obscuring clouds using optical remote sensing and a distributed snow energy and mass balance model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D16, 1999, Pages 19631-19644

  Cline, Donald W ^a   Carroll, Thomas R ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; MASS BALANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

EID: 0007153473     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900249     Document Type: Article

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