Retrieval of snow albedo and grain size using reflectance measurements in Himalayan basin

Cryosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 203-217

  Negi, H S ^a,b   Kokhanovsky, A ^b  

^a Ministry of Defence   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSOR; ALBEDO; CRYOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAIN SIZE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REFLECTANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 79952687044     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-5-203-2011     Document Type: Article

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