Detection of the timing and duration of snowmelt in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya using QuikSCAT, 2000-2008

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Panday, Prajjwal K ^a   Frey, Karen E ^a   Ghimire, Bardan ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

glaciers; Himalaya; QuikSCAT; radar; scatterometer; snowmelt

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960296394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/2/024007     Document Type: Article

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