Estimation of snow depth over open prairie environments using GOES imager observations

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1073-1087

  Romanov, Peter ^a,b   Tarpley, Dan ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

GOES imager; Satellite remote sensing; Snow depth

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; IMAGE SENSORS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SNOW;

GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES (GOES);

HYDROLOGY;

DEPTH DETERMINATION; GOES; PRAIRIE; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

GOES;

EID: 1842679122     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5508     Document Type: Article

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