Hydrological modelling of snowmelt in the Italian Alps using visible and infrared remote sensing

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 3169-3188

  Swamy, A N ^a   Brivio, P A ^b  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; POLYNOMIALS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SNOW; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SNOW COVER MONITORING; SNOWMELT MODELLING;

MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFICATION; MICROWAVE SENSING; OPTICAL SENSING; REMOTE SENSING; SNOWMELT; WATER RESOURCES;

ITALY, ALPS;

EID: 0030292072     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169608949137     Document Type: Article

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