Snow grain-size estimation using hyperion imagery in a typical area of the Heihe River Basin, China

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 238-253

  Zhao, Shuhe ^a   Jiang, Tenglong ^a,b   Wang, Zhaojun ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jinan Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Estimation model; Heihe River Basin; Hyperion; Snow grain size

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ESTIMATION MODELS; FIELD SPECTRA; GRAIN SIZE; HEIHE RIVER BASIN; HYPERION; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGERY; MEASUREMENT METHODS; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; SNOW GRAIN SIZE; SNOW REFLECTANCE; SNOW WATER CONTENT; SPECTRAL REFLECTION; STATISTICAL DETECTION;

ESTIMATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER CONTENT; WATERSHEDS;

SNOW;

EID: 84873178039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5010238     Document Type: Article

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