Study of contaminated and mixed objects snow reflectance in Indian Himalaya using spectroradiometer

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 315-325

  Negi, H S ^a   Kulkarni, A V ^b   Semwal, B S ^c  

^a Ministry of Defence   (India)

^b Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

^c H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; REFLECTION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

FIELD EXPERIMENT; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE SNOW INDICES; SNOW COVER AREA; SNOW COVER MAPPING; SNOW REFLECTANCE; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS; VEGETATION COVER; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

SNOW;

ASH; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; NDVI; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SNOW COVER; SOIL COVER; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 57049084610     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802261197     Document Type: Article

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