Influence of sensor overpass time on passive microwave-derived snow cover parameters

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 297-308

  Derksen, C ^a   Ledrew, E ^a   Walker, A ^b   Goodison, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SNOW; STATISTICAL TESTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); SENSOR OVERPASS TIME; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT (SWE); SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGERS (SSMI);

REMOTE SENSING;

SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

EID: 0034161357     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00084-X     Document Type: Article

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