Remote sensing: Hydrology

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 490-509

  Tang, Qiuhong ^a   Gao, Huilin ^a   Lu, Hui ^b   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Hydrology; Precipitation; Remote sensing; Snow and ice; Streamflow; Water budget; Water storage

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; EOS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; ICE; LAND SURFACE; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 70350463701     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133309346650     Document Type: Article

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