Integrating in situ and multiscale passive microwave data for estimation of subgrid scale snow water equivalent distribution and variability

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 960-972

  Derksen, Chris ^a   Walker, Anne E ^a   Goodison, Barry E ^a   Strapp, J Walter ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microwave radiometry; Scaling; Snow water equivalent (SWE)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; SCANNING; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SNOW;

MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENTS (SWE);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 18444379634     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.839591     Document Type: Conference Paper

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