A comparison of MODIS and NOHRSC snow-cover products for simulating streamflow using the Snowmelt Runoff Model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2951-2972

  Lee, Songweon ^a   Klein, Andrew G ^a   Over, Thomas M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MODIS; NOHRSC; Snowmelt Runoff Model; Streamflow simulation; Upper Rio Grande

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT (SWE); SNOW-COVER PRODUCTS; SNOWMELT RUNOFF MODEL; STREAMFLOW SIMULATION;

HYDROLOGY;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27144506031     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5810     Document Type: Article

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