Effects of sample and grid size on the accuracy and stability of regression-based snow interpolation methods

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1914-1928

  Moreno, J Ignacio López ^a   Latron, J ^b   Lehmann, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DEM resolution; Regression based methods; Sample size; Snow; Spatial interpolation

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION TREES; DEM RESOLUTION; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; GRID SIZE; INTERPOLATION METHOD; MODEL PREDICTION; NUMBER OF DATUM; PYRENEES; RANDOM SAMPLING; SAMPLE SIZES; SMALL CATCHMENT; SNOW DEPTHS; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STABLE MODEL; TERRAIN CHARACTERISTICS; WORK ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENTS; INTERPOLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SNOW;

SURVEYING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; INTERPOLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 77954364808     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7564     Document Type: Article

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