Assessing the application of a laser rangefinder for determining snow depth in inaccessible alpine terrain

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 901-910

  Hood, J L ^a   Hayashi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AVALANCHE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LASER METHOD; ROCKFALL; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWPACK; STREAMFLOW; TALUS; WATERSHED;

CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77953281287     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-901-2010     Document Type: Article

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