MODIS-based Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA) data sets: Continent-wide surface morphology and snow grain size

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 242-257

  Scambos, T A ^a   Haran, T M ^a   Fahnestock, M A ^b   Painter, T H ^a   Bohlander, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Data cumulation; MOA; MODIS; Snow grain size; Surface morphology

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA STRUCTURES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR IMAGING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SNOW; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

DATA CUMULATION; MODERATE-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS); OPTICAL GRAIN SIZE; SNOW GRAIN SIZE;

REMOTE SENSING;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; BLOWING SNOW; CLOUD COVER; DATA SET; FIRN; GRAIN SIZE; MODIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; SEA ICE; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 35548969789     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.12.020     Document Type: Article

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