Assessment of methods for mapping snow cover from MODIS

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 367-380

  Rittger, Karl ^a   Painter, Thomas H ^b   Dozier, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

MODIS; Mountain hydrology; Remote sensing; Snow

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; EMPIRICAL METHOD; FIELD OF VIEWS; HIMALAYAS; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE PROPERTIES; LANDSAT ETM; MAPPING SNOW COVER; MODIS; MOUNTAIN HYDROLOGY; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE SNOW INDICES; RIGOROUS VALIDATION; RIO GRANDE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SIERRA NEVADA; SNOW COVERS; SNOW MAPPING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL MIXING; SPECTRAL MIXTURE ANALYSIS; STANDARD PRODUCTS; TRANSITIONAL PERIOD; VEGETATION CONDITION; WATER AND ENERGIES;

HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

SNOW;

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; MELTWATER; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; COLORADO; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA]; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872967072     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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