Mapping snow distribution in the Alaskan Arctic using aerial photography and topographic relationships

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3471-3483

  König, Max ^a   Sturm, Matthew ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c USACE CRREL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MAPPING METHOD; SNOW COVER; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

MAPPING; MAPS; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; NORTHERN ALASKA; PATTERN TOPOGRAPHY; SNOW COVERS; SNOW DEPTHS; SNOW DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAP; WIND TRANSPORT;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032442679     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR02514     Document Type: Article

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