Reconstructing snow water equivalent in the Rio Grande headwaters using remotely sensed snow cover data and a spatially distributed snowmelt model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1076-1089

  Molotch, Noah P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Modelling; Remote sensing; Snow and ice; Snowmelt; Water supply

Indexed keywords

LOCATION; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

FIELD CAMPAIGNS; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; INTENSIVE STUDY AREAS; LANDSAT ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER (ETM+); MODEL APPLICATIONS; MODELLING; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; RIO GRANDE; SNOW AND ICE; SNOW COVERS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENTS; SNOW-COVERED AREAS; SNOWMELT; SNOWMELT MODELS; SPATIAL SCALE; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; STUDY SITES;

SNOW;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HEADWATER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE BASIN;

EID: 62249109379     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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