Interpretation of AMSU microwave measurements for the retrievals of snow water equivalent and snow depth

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Kongoli, Cezar ^a,b   Grody, Norman C ^a   Ferraro, Ralph R ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

Author keywords

1863 Hydrology: Snow and ice (1827); 3322 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Land atmosphere interactions; 3360 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DEPTH DETERMINATION; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14744291673     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004836     Document Type: Article

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