Application of satellite microwave images in estimating snow water equivalent

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1347-1362

  Azar, Amir E ^a   Ghedira, Hosni ^a   Romanov, Peter ^b   Mahani, Shayesteh ^a   Tedesco, Marco ^c   Khanbilvardi, Reza ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave; Remote sensing; Snow; Snow depth; SWE

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; MICROWAVES; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SPACE OPTICS; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

FLOOD FORECASTS; GREAT LAKES; LAND COVERS; MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; MICROWAVE IMAGES; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; NEW TECHNIQUES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDICES; REGRESSION LINES; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENTS; RETRIEVAL TECHNIQUES; SCATTERING SIGNALS; SNOW DEPTH; SNOW DEPTHS; SNOW PACKS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER; SPECTRAL SIGNATURES; SWE; TEST SITES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DEPTH DETERMINATION; FLOOD FORECASTING; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NDVI; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 57449104701     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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