From observation to the quantification of snow processes with a time-lapse camera network

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1415-1429

  Garvelmann, J ^a   Pohl, S ^a   Weiler, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES; CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION; EXTRACT INFORMATIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; MOUNTAINOUS ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; TIME-LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHIES;

CATCHMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SNOW;

ALBEDO; CATCHMENT; DIGITAL IMAGE; FLOODING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEASONALITY; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 84879100709     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1415-2013     Document Type: Article

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