Characteristics of snow cover in the hindukush, karakoram and himalaya region using landsat satellite data

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3689-3698

  Butt, Mohsin Jamil ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

ETM+; Landsat; NDSI; SCI; SGI

Indexed keywords

ETM; LANDSAT; NDSI; SCI; SGI;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTAMINATION; ESTIMATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SNOW;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW COVER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HIMALAYAS; KARAKORAM; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84869874291     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8375     Document Type: Article

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