An optical reflectance model-based method for fractional snow cover mapping applicable to continental scale

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 123, Issue , 2012, Pages 508-521

  Metsämäki, Sari ^a   Mattila, Olli Pekka ^a   Pulliainen, Jouni ^b   Niemi, Kirsikka ^a   Luojus, Kari ^b   Böttcher, Kristin ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Forest transmissivity; Fractional snow cover; FSC; Reflectance model; SCAmod

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; FSC; REFLECTANCE MODEL; SCAMOD; SNOW COVERS; TRANSMISSIVITY;

FORESTRY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; MAPPING; NASA; REFLECTION;

SNOW;

BOREAL FOREST; ENVISAT-1; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODIS; NSCAT; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW COVER; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TERRA (SATELLITE); TRANSMISSIVITY; TUNDRA;

FINLAND; FORESTS; MAPPING; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SNOW; TRANSMISSION;

FINLAND;

EID: 84860997694     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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