Detection of snow cover using millimeter-wave imaging radiometer (MIR) data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-60

  Tait, Andrew ^a   Hall, Dorothy ^b   Foster, Jim ^b   Al Chang, ^b   Klein, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; VEGETATION;

MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGING RADIOMETERS (MIR);

RADIOMETERS;

DETECTION METHOD; MODIS; SNOW COVER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033117480     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00103-5     Document Type: Article

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