Evaluation of SNODAS snow depth and snow water equivalent estimates for the Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2583-2591

  Clow, David W ^a   Nanus, Leora ^a,b   Verdin, Kristine L ^a   Schmidt, Jeffrey ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrological modeling; SNODAS; Snow depth; SWE; WEBB

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SNODAS; SNOW DEPTHS; SWE; WEBB;

DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION; LANDFORMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RUNOFF; SNOW;

SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RUNOFF; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SOFTWARE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864755207     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9385     Document Type: Article

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