Snow surface albedo estimation using terrestrial photography

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5705-5729

  Corripio, J G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CAMERAS; GLACIERS; IRRADIATION; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMITTANCE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TERRESTRIAL PHOTOGRAPHY;

PHOTOGRAPHY;

ALBEDO; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING;

ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10844259099     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160410001709002     Document Type: Article

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