The use of coincident DMSP SSM/I and OLS satellite data to improve snow cover detection and discrimination

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 285-305

  Standley, A P ^a   Barrett, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SENSORS; INFRARED IMAGING; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SNOW; WEATHER SATELLITES;

SNOW COVER DETECTION; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER (SSM/I);

REMOTE SENSING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW COVER; SSM-I; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 0033585468     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311699213451     Document Type: Article

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