The detection and correction of snow water equivalent pressure sensor errors

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3513-3525

  Johnson, Jerome B ^a   Marks, Danny ^b  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Snow hydrology; Snow pressure sensor error correction; Snow water equivalent measurement

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ERROR CORRECTION; ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MELTING; SENSORS; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MELTING TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE SENSORS; SNOW COVER; SOW WATER EQUIVALENT (SWE);

SNOW;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; SENSOR; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT;

EID: 11844272695     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5795     Document Type: Article

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