Assessing snowmelt dynamics with NASA scatterometer (NSCAT) data and a hydrologic process model

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-69

  Hillard, Ulysses ^a,b   Sridhar, V ^a   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^a   McDonald, Kyle C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NRCE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Freeze thaw; Hydrology; Scatterometer; Snow

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; SOIL MECHANICS;

SCATTEROMETERS;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BACKSCATTER; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NSCAT; REMOTE SENSING; SNOWMELT;

(CENTRAL); CANADA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN; UNITED STATES;

BOREAS;

EID: 0038606483     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00068-3     Document Type: Article

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