Passive and active airborne microwave remote sensing of snow cover

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 5327-2344

  Sokol, J ^a   Pultz, T J ^a   Walker, A E ^b  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MELTING; RADIOMETERS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SNOW; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM;

REMOTE SENSING;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0346847576     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000115076     Document Type: Article

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