Low-cost monitoring of snow height and thermal properties with inexpensive temperature sensors

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1841-1852

  Reusser, Dominik E ^a   Zehe, Erwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold content; Heat diffusion; Snow measurements; Temperature; Temperature index approach

Indexed keywords

COLD CONTENT; DIURNAL TEMPERATURES; FLOOD WARNING; HEAT DIFFUSION; INCREASED DISCHARGES; SENSOR COVERAGE; SNOW COVERS; SNOWMELT; SPRING FLOODS; TEMPERATURE INDEX APPROACH; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

CATCHMENTS; RUNOFF; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TIME SERIES;

SNOW;

CATCHMENT; DIFFUSION; FLOOD FORECASTING; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SENSOR; SNOW; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

EID: 79751507648     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7937     Document Type: Article

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