Use of satellite snow-cover data for streamflow prediction in the Feather River Basin, California

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3745-3762

  Tang, Qiuhong ^a   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; FORECASTING; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

HYDROLOGY MODELING; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MISCLASSIFICATIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; STREAMFLOW PREDICTION; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITIES;

DATA REDUCTION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODIS; PREDICTION; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; STREAMFLOW;

CALIFORNIA; FEATHER RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955130369     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.483493     Document Type: Article

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