Improvement of distributed snowmelt energy balance modeling with MODIS-based NDSI-derived fractional snow-covered area data

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 650-660

  Homan, Joel W ^a   Luce, Charles H ^b   McNamara, James P ^c   Glenn, Nancy F ^d  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Hydrology; Remote sensing; Snow

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; GROUND BASED; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE SNOW INDICES; REFLECTANCE DATA; SCALE-UP; SHORT WAVE INFRARED; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW ALGORITHMS; SNOW COVERED AREA; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SNOWMELT MODEL; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STUDY SITES;

ENERGY BALANCE; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; NASA; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; WATER;

SNOW;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODELING; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK;

ALASKA; IDAHO; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551485537     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7857     Document Type: Article

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