Variability of northern hemisphere spring snowmelt dates using the AVHRR polar pathfinder snow cover during 1982-2004

Advances in Earth Observation of Global Change

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 97-110

  Zhao, Hongxu ^a   Fernandes, Richard ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interannual variability; Snow cover; Spring snowmelt dates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872605252     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9085-0_8     Document Type: Chapter

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