Passive microwave (SSM/I) satellite predictions of valley glacier hydrology, Matanuska Glacier, Alaska

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Kopczynski, Sarah E ^a,b   Ramage, J ^a   Lawson, D ^b   Goetz, S ^c   Evenson, E ^a   Denner, J ^d   Larson, G ^e  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c Earth Tech   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; FLOOD CONTROL; FORECASTING; LANDFORMS; MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEDIMENTATION; SENSORS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; TERBIUM ALLOYS; TIME MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER;

AIR TEMPERATURES; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; FIXED THRESHOLDS; FLOOD PEAKS; GLACIER HYDROLOGIES; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSES; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; SATELLITE PASSIVE MICROWAVES; SNOWMELT; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVES; STREAM GAUGES;

GLACIERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROLOGY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PREDICTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; SNOWMELT;

ALASKA; CHUGACH MOUNTAINS; COAST RANGES; MATANUSKA GLACIER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56449090607     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034615     Document Type: Article

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