Mapping snow cover in the pan-Arctic zone, using multi-year (1998-2001) images from optical VEGETATION sensor

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5731-5744

  Xiao, X ^a   Zhang, Q ^a   Boles, S ^a   Rawlins, M ^a   Moore, III ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MAPPING; OPTICAL SENSORS; SATELLITES;

PAN-ARCTIC ZONES; SNOW COVERS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

SNOW;

OPTICAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 10844221738     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160410001719867     Document Type: Article

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