Modeling of high-latitude spring freshet from AMSR-E passive microwave observations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Yan, Fenglin ^a   Ramage, Joan ^a   McKenney, Rose ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER FOR EOS; HIGH LATITUDES; HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS; MELT TRANSITION; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SNOWMELT RUNOFF;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; MICROWAVES; RIVERS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MELTING; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOMETER; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW;

YUKON RIVER;

EID: 72249098632     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007370     Document Type: Article

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