A simple method to determine the timing of snow melt by remote sensing with application to the co2 balances of northern mire and heath ecosystems

Remote Sensing

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1097-1107

  Rinne, Janne ^a   Aurela, Mika ^b   Manninen, Terhikki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

CO2 balance; Northern mire and heath ecosystems; Remote sensing; Snow melt

Indexed keywords

CO2 BALANCE; FINNISH; KEY PARAMETERS; LIMITED DATA; NORTHERN MIRE AND HEATH ECOSYSTEMS; SIMPLE METHOD; SNOW COVERS; SNOW DEPTHS; SNOW MELT; SURFACE ALBEDO; WEATHER STATIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION;

SNOW;

EID: 80051712895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs1041097     Document Type: Article

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