Measurement sampling and scaling for deep montane snow depth data

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 829-838

  Fassnacht, S R ^a   Deems, J S ^a  

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

Author keywords

LiDAR; Sampling; Scaling; Snow depth; Variograms

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ESTIMATION; OPTICAL RADAR; SAMPLING; SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT;

RANDOM STRATIFIED SAMPLING; SNOW DEPTH; VARIOGRAMS;

SNOW;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ESTIMATION; OPTICAL RADAR; SAMPLING; SNOW; SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT;

DEPTH; SAMPLING; SNOW; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 33644891056     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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