Spatial snow depth assessment using LiDAR transect samples and public GIS data layers in the Elbow River Watershed, Alberta

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 69-87

  Hopkinson, Chris ^a   Collins, Tim ^b   Anderson, Axel ^c   Pomeroy, John ^d   Spooner, Ian ^e  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Destiny Resources   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LIDAR; ALBERTA; BASE MAP; CALGARY; CANOPY COVER; DATA SETS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD VALUES; GIS DATA; HEAD WATERS; HIGH CONFIDENCE; LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING); LIDAR DATA; LIDAR REMOTE SENSING; LIDAR SURVEYS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; RIVER WATERSHEDS; RUNOFF YIELD; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVERED AREA; SNOW DENSITY; SNOW DEPTHS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; WATER DEPTH; WINTER SNOWPACK;

DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84865789423     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj3702893     Document Type: Article

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