Snowpack depth modelling and water availability from LIDAR measurements in eastern Pyrenees

ISSW 09 - International Snow Science Workshop, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 202-206

  Moreno Baños, Ignacio ^a   Ruiz García, Antoni ^b   Marturià I Alavedra, Jordi ^a   Oller I Figueras, Pere ^a   Piña Iglesias, Jordi ^a   Garcia Sellés, Carles ^a   Martínez I Figueras, Pere ^a   Talaya López, Julià ^b  

^a Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya   (Spain)

^b Cartographic Institute of Catalonia ICC   (Spain)

Author keywords

GIS; LIDAR; Pyrenees; Snowpack depth; Stepwise regression tree

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LIDAR; COMPLEX TASK; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; EXTRAPOLATION TECHNIQUES; FIELD WORKS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LIDAR DATA; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; POINT DATA; PYRENEES; RAW LIDAR DATA; SNOWPACK DEPTH; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STEPWISE REGRESSION; STUDY AREAS; STUDY SITES; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESERVES; WIDE AREA;

EXTRAPOLATION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

OPTICAL RADAR;

FORESTRY; GIS; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW;

EID: 82955174777     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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