Spectral reflectance of melting snow in a high Arctic watershed on Svalbard: Some implications for optical satellite remote sensing studies

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 12-13, 1999, Pages 2033-2049

  Winther, J G ^a   Gerland, S ^a   Orbaek J B ^a   Ivanov, B ^b   Blanco, A ^c   Boike, J ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; Reflectance; Satellite remote sensing; Snow; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NUMERICAL METHODS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC WATERSHED; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SVALBARD;

SNOW;

OPTICAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SNOWMELT; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0033190477     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199909)13:12/13<2033::AID-HYP892>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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