An Introduction to MODISI and SCMOD Methods for Correction of the MODIS Snow Assessment Algorithm

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 674-685

  Mobasheri, Mohammad Reza ^a   Moghadam, Hossein Shafizadeh ^b   Shayan, Siavosh ^b  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

ASTER; MODIS; NDSI; Remote sensing; Snow

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ASTER; CORRELATION; MODIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRA (SATELLITE); WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79952900600     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12524-011-0082-6     Document Type: Article

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