A review of Canadian remote sensing and hydrology, 1999-2003

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 285-301

  Pietroniro, Alain ^a   Leconte, Robert ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Floods; Glacier; Hydrological modelling; Hydrology; Lake ice; Remote sensing; Snow; Soil moisture; Surface water; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; HYDROLOGY; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SNOW; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; WETLANDS;

FRESHWATER ICE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT (SWE);

REMOTE SENSING;

GLACIER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAKE ICE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATER; WETLAND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13644280869     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5771     Document Type: Review

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