Snow cover monitoring using MODIS data in liaoning province, Northeastern China

Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 777-793

  Zhang, Yuanzhi ^a   Yan, Su ^a   Lu, Yu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Liaoning province; MODIS L1B; MODIS snow products; SCA Monitoring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MONITORING; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; LIAONING PROVINCE; MODIS L1B; MODIS SNOW PRODUCTS; MOISTURE PROPERTIES; MONITORING RESULTS; REGIONAL WATER BALANCE; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING DATA;

SNOW;

EID: 80051755256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs2030777     Document Type: Article

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