Using repeated patterns in snow distribution modeling: An Arctic example

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Sturm, Matthew ^a   Wagner, Anna M ^a  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; DEPTH MEASUREMENTS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HYBRID APPROACH; MODEL OUTPUTS; NUMERICAL CODE; PHYSICALLY BASED; REPEATED PATTERNS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SHALLOW AREAS; SNOW COVERS; SNOW DEPTHS; SNOW DISTRIBUTION; SNOW MODELS; SNOW PATTERNS; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL ACCURACY; SYNOPTIC WEATHER PATTERNS; TRAINING SETS; ZERO BIAS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

SNOW;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CLIMATOLOGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER; TOPOGRAPHY; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650969208     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009434     Document Type: Article

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