Effects of forest on the snow parameters derived from microwave measurements during the BOREAS Winter Field Campaign

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1565-1574

  Chang, A T C ^a   Foster, J L ^a   Hall, D K ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BOREAS; Forest; Microwave measurements; Snow parameters; Snow water equivalent

Indexed keywords

BOREAS;

ALGORITHMS; ECOSYSTEMS; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; PLANTS (BOTANY); SNOW; TEMPERATURE;

BOREAL ECOSYSTEM ATMOSPHERE STUDY; MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; WINTER FIELD CAMPAIGN;

HYDROLOGY;

BOREAS; FOREST COVER; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; SNOW PARAMETERS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

EID: 0030428648     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199612)10:12<1565::AID-HYP501>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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