Toward improved daily snow cover mapping with advanced combination of MODIS and AMSR-E measurements

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3750-3761

  Liang, Tiangang ^a   Zhang, Xuetong ^a   Xie, Hongjie ^b   Wu, Caixia ^a   Feng, Qisheng ^a   Huang, Xiaodong ^a   Chen, Quangong ^a  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

AE_DySno; Composite snow cover map; MOD10A1; Pastoral area; Snow covered area

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SPECTROMETERS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

AE_DYSNO; CLOUD COVERS; COMPOSITE SNOW COVER MAP; DETECTION ACCURACY; HIGH-SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS; MOD10A1; NEW PRODUCTS; OPTICAL DATA; PASSIVE MICROWAVE DATA; PASTORAL AREA; SNOW COVER MAPPING; SNOW COVERED AREA; SNOW COVERS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION SR); WEATHER CONDITIONS; XINJIANG;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DIURNAL VARIATION; EOS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MAPPING METHOD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 50849111084     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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