Snow water equivalent estimation in the Mallero basin using snow usage data and MODIS images and fieldwork validation

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1961-1972

  Bavera, Davide ^a,b   De Michele, Carlo ^a,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation; Fieldwork; Minimal model; Snow water equivalent; Validation

Indexed keywords

COLD REGIONS; FIELDWORK; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; INTERPOLATION METHOD; KEY ISSUES; MINIMAL MODEL; MOUNTAIN BASINS; NORTHERN ITALY; REMOTE SENSORS; SEM; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION SEASONS; SNOW COVERED AREA; SNOW DENSITY; SNOW WATER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DOMAINS; STATISTICAL MODELS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; USAGE DATA; VALIDATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WINTER SEASONS;

INTERPOLATION; LANDFORMS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW GAGES; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SPECTROMETERS;

SNOW;

ABLATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIELDWORK; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67650324078     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7328     Document Type: Article

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