Investigating correlations between snowmelt and forest fires in a high latitude snowmelt dominated drainage basin

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2608-2617

  Semmens, Kathryn Alese ^a   Ramage, Joan ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMSR E; Brightness temperature; Diurnal amplitude variation; Forest fire; Melt onset; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE VARIATIONS; AMSR-E; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; FOREST FIRES; MELT ONSET; SNOWMELT;

CATCHMENTS; DEFORESTATION; FIRES; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW; TEMPERATURE;

SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

AMSR-E; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; EOS; FOREST FIRE; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION; DRAINAGE; DROUGHT; FOREST FIRES; RADIOMETRY; RUNOFF; SNOW; SPECTROMETERS; TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; YUKON RIVER; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 84864775950     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9327     Document Type: Article

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