Operational sub-pixel snow mapping over the Alps with NOAA AVHRR data

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2004, Pages 245-252

  Foppa, Nando ^a   Wunderle, Stefan ^a   Hauser, Adrian ^a   Oesch, David ^a   Kuchen, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING METHOD; NOAA SATELLITE; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER;

ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15444375190     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814735     Document Type: Article

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