Determination of Snow Water Equivalent using RADARSAT SAR data in eastern Canada

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 3041-3051

  Bernier, Monique ^a   Fortin, Jean Pierre ^a   Gauthier, Yves ^a   Gauthier, Raymond ^b   Roy, René ^b   Vincent, Pierre ^c  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

RADARSAT; SAR; Snow water equivalent

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF LIQUIDS; FLOW OF WATER; HEAT RESISTANCE; HYDROLOGY; MELTING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT (SWE);

SNOW;

RADARSAT; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CANADA;

EID: 0033493328     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19991230)13:18<3041::AID-HYP14>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Conference Paper

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