Water body distributions across scales: A remote sensing based comparison of three arctic tundrawetlands

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1498-1523

  Muster, Sina ^a   Heim, Birgit ^a   Abnizova, Anna ^b   Boike, Julia ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albedo; Permafrost; Ponds; Remote sensing; Scaling; Subpixel mapping; Surface hydrology

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; DIFFERENT TERRAINS; RADAR SATELLITE DATA; ROBUST APPROACHES; SCALING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUB-PIXEL MAPPING; SURFACE HYDROLOGY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOACTIVITY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAKES; PERMAFROST; PONDING; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84880407248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5041498     Document Type: Article

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