Estimating the spatial distribution of snow in mountain basins using remote sensing and energy balance modeling

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1275-1285

  Cline, Donald W ^a   Bales, Roger C ^b   Dozier, Jeff ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE MODEL; MOUNTAIN REGION; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DECISION TREES; ENERGY BALANCE; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; PIXELS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND;

ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; FRACTIONAL SNOW COVERS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGES; SNOW SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENCE; SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA; SPECTRAL MIXTURE MODEL;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0031981735     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR03755     Document Type: Article

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