Combining binary decision tree and geostatistical methods to estimate snow distribution in a mountain watershed

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-26

  Balk, Benjamin ^a,b,c   Elder, Kelly ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NWS Alaska River Forecast Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; INTERPOLATION; SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); VEGETATION;

BINARY DECISION TREE; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENCE (SWE);

WATERSHEDS;

GEOSTATISTICS; MOUNTAIN REGION; SNOW COVER; WATERSHED;

EID: 0033989213     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900251     Document Type: Article

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