Modelling longwave radiation to snow beneath forest canopies using hemispherical photography or linear regression

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2788-2800

  Essery, Richard ^a   Pomeroy, John ^b   Ellis, Chad ^b   Link, Tim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy radiation modelling; Forest snow; Hemispherical photography; Longwave radiation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ESTIMATION; FOOD PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LINEAR REGRESSION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; STANDARDS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBERTA , CANADA; CANOPY RADIATION MODELLING; CANOPY STRUCTURES; CANOPY TEMPERATURES; FOREST CANOPIES; FOREST SNOW; HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHS; HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; LONG WAVES; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; RADIATIVE ENVIRONMENT; SHORT-WAVE RADIATIONS; SIMPLE MODELING; SNOW MELTING; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; TEMPORAL PERSISTENCE; UNDERLYING SURFACE;

RADIATION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FOREST CANOPY; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOMETER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

MARMOTA; PINUS CONTORTA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 48749130015     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6930     Document Type: Conference Paper

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