Radiance assimilation shows promise for snowpack characterization

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Durand, Michael ^a   Kim, Edward J ^b,d   Margulis, Steven A ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMANENT MAGNETS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

DATA ASSIMILATIONS; GROUND-BASED; LAND SURFACE MODELS; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; PRIOR ESTIMATES; RADIANCE ASSIMILATIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SNOW DEPTHS; SNOW GRAIN SIZES;

SNOW;

ALGORITHM; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIANCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SNOWPACK;

EID: 62749144048     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035214     Document Type: Article

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