Estimating snow water equivalent from GPS vertical site-position observations in the western United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2508-2518

  Ouellette, Karli J ^a   De Linage, Caroline ^a   Famiglietti, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS; hydrologic loading; SNOTEL; snow water equivalent

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FORECASTING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ORBITS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; CLIMATE FEEDBACKS; REMOTE SENSING OF SNOW; SNOTEL; SNOW COVERED AREA; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK TELEMETRIES; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

LOADING;

DEFORMATION; FLOODING; GPS; LAND SURFACE; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK; SOIL MOISTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879908525     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20173     Document Type: Article

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