Large-scale monitoring of snow cover and runoff simulation in Himalayan river basins using remote sensing

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-49

  Immerzeel, W W ^a,b   Droogers, P ^a   de Jong, S M ^b   Bierkens, M F P ^b  

^a FutureWater Wageningen   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate Change; Himalaya; Indus; MODIS; Runoff; Snow cover; TRMM

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH SCIENCES; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SPACE OPTICS; STREAM FLOW; WATER; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

HIMALAYA; INDUS; MODIS; SNOW COVER; TRMM;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 56949106185     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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