Estimation of snow depth and snow water equivalent distribution using airborne microwave radiometry in the Binggou Watershed, the upper reaches of the Heihe River basin

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-32

  Che, Tao ^a   Dai, Liyun ^a,b   Wang, Jian ^a   Zhao, Kai ^c   Liu, Qiang ^d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Airborne remote sensing; Cold region; Passive microwave; Snow depth; Snow water equivalent

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; AIRBORNE SURVEY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PIXEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHED;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 84864507662     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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