Comment on "Estimating the distribution of snow water equivalent using remotely sensed snow cover data and a spatially distributed snowmelt model: A multi-resolution, multi-sensor comparison" by Noah P. Molotch and Steven A. Margulis [Adv. Water Resour. 31 (2008) 1503-1514]

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1680-1684

  Slater, A G ^a   Clark, M P ^b   Barrett, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

MODIS; Remote sensing; Snow; Snow hydrology; SWE reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349859986     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.09.001     Document Type: Letter

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