Empirical relationship between near-IR reflectance of melting seasonal snow and environmental temperature in a Himalayan basin

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 402-413

  Gupta, R P ^a   Ghosh, A ^a   Haritashya, U K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

C correction; Environmental temperature lapse rate; Himalayas; Snow mapping

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METEOROLOGY; REFLECTION; SNOW; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TOPOGRAPHY;

C-CORRECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE LAPSE RATE; HIMALAYAS; SNOW MAPPING;

INFRARED RADIATION;

DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IRS (SATELLITE); LISS; NEAR INFRARED; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOWMELT; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGOTRI GLACIER; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL;

EID: 33947307652     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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