Inversion of a passive microwave snow emission model for water equivalent estimation using airborne and satellite data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 346-356

  Parde M ^a   Goita K ^a   Royer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Micro wave; Semi empirical model; Snow

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING;

REMOTE SENSING TOOLS; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT (SWE);

MICROWAVES;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ANNUAL VARIATION; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 35548941893     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.03.021     Document Type: Article

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