Optimal sampling schemes for estimating mean snow water equivalents in stratified heterogeneous landscapes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 328, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 432-452

  Watson, Fred G R ^a   Anderson, Thor N ^a   Newman, Wendi B ^a   Alexander, Susan E ^a   Garrott, Robert A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical bootstrap; Landsat; Landscape; Nested sampling; Snow hydrology; Wildlife; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOLAR RADIATION; VEGETATION;

HIERARCHICAL BOOTSTRAP; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE; NESTED SAMPLING; SNOW HYDROLOGY; WILDLIFE; YELLOWSTONE;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOLAR RADIATION; VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

SAMPLING; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK;

EID: 33746881105     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.12.032     Document Type: Article

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