Evaluating the potential of a blended passive microwave-interactive multi-sensor product for improved mapping of snow cover and estimations of snow water equivalent

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1597-1607

  Kongoli, Cezar ^a   Dean, Charles A ^a   Helfrich, Sean R ^b   Ferraro, Ralph R ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced microwave sounding unit (AMSU); Interactive multisensor snow and ice mapping unit (IMS); Snow cover; Snow water equivalent

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ICE; MAPPING; MICROWAVES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT; ICE MAPPING UNIT; INTERACTIVE MULTISENSOR; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ICE; MAPPING; MICROWAVES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW;

MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSOR; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

EID: 34250328272     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6722     Document Type: Conference Paper

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