Global SWE monitoring using AMSR-E data

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 680-682

  Chang, Alfred T C ^a   Kelly, Richard E J ^b   Foster, James L ^a   Hall, Dorothy K ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMSR E; Hydrology; Passive microwave; Remote sensing; Snow

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HYDROLOGY; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; FORESTRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROWAVE SENSORS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETERS (AMSR); RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS;

REMOTE SENSING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER- EOS; DENSE MEDIA RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; DYNAMIC PARAMETERIZATION; GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATION; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGERS; WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS;

EID: 0242459220     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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