Snow depth derived from passive microwave remote-sensing data in China

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2008, Pages 145-154

  Che, Tao ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Jin, Rui ^a   Armstrong, Richard ^b   Zhang, Tingjun ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANNUAL VARIATION; GRAIN SIZE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

EID: 58249090966     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756408787814690     Document Type: Article

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