Estimation of snow covered area for an urban catchment using image processing and neural networks

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 155-164

  Matheussen, B V ^a   Thorolfsson, S T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Image processing; Neural network; Snow; Urban

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CAMERAS; CATCHMENTS; FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL CAMERAS; SNOWMELTS;

SNOW;

SNOW;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DIGITAL IMAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; SNOW COVER; URBAN AREA;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BUILDING; CALCULATION; CAMERA; CATCHMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; IMAGE PROCESSING; NORWAY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL MODEL; SPRING; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

EID: 0346724684     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0515     Document Type: Conference Paper

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