Assimilation of modis snow cover fraction for improving snow variables estimation in West China

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8531, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Huang, Chunlin ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Common Land Model; Data Assimilation; Ensemble Kalman Filter; MODIS SCA; Snow Depth; Snow Hydrology

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; LAND MODEL; MODIS SCA; SNOW DEPTHS; SNOW HYDROLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; DATA PROCESSING; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; KALMAN FILTERS; NASA; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATER RESOURCES;

SNOW;

EID: 84880322321     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.974512     Document Type: Conference Paper

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