Topographic control of snow distribution in an alpine watershed of western Canada inferred from spatially-filtered MODIS snow products

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-326

  Tong, J ^a   Dery S J ^a   Jackson, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CORRELATION; MODIS; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; WATERSHED;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 63149121806     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-13-319-2009     Document Type: Article

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