Identification of snow cover regimes through spatial and temporal clustering of satellite microwave brightness temperatures

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 199-210

  Farmer, C J Q ^a   Nelson, T A ^a   Wulder, M A ^b   Derksen, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Climate change; Cluster analysis; Snow water equivalence (SWE); Spatial temporal patterns; Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM I); Splines; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

CANADA; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENCE (SWE); SPATIAL-TEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER (SSM/I); TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CURVE FITTING; ECOLOGY; MICROWAVES; OCEAN HABITATS; SENSORS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SPLINES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

SNOW;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70350189945     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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