Fractal distribution of snow depth from lidar data

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-297

  Deems, Jeffrey S ^a   Fassnacht, Steven R ^a   Elder, Kelly J ^b  

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

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LIDAR; SNOWPACK;

EID: 33644895826     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM487.1     Document Type: Article

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