Analyses of seasonal snow disappearance in an alpine valley from micro- to meso-scale (Loetschental, Switzerland)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1041-1051

  Schmidt, S ^a   Weber, B ^a   Winiger, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Snow disappearance; Snow monitoring; Statistical analyses; Terrestrial images; Topography

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ALPINE VALLEYS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC SYSTEMS; CONVENTIONAL APPROACHES; HIGH MOUNTAINS; MESO-SCALE; MICRO-SCALE; NEW APPROACHES; POINT MEASUREMENTS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SEASONAL SNOW COVERS; SNOW COVERS; SNOW EXTENTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSES; SWITZERLAND; TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; TERRESTRIAL IMAGES; TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

SNOW;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DIGITAL IMAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 62249185912     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7205     Document Type: Conference Paper

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