Subgrid variability of snow water equivalent at operational snow stations in the western USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 2383-2400

  Meromy, Leah ^a   Molotch, Noah P ^a,b   Link, Timothy E ^c   Fassnacht, Steven R ^d   Rice, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Modelling; SNOTEL; Snow; Snow water equivalent; Water resources

Indexed keywords

BINARY REGRESSION TREE MODELS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; SNOTEL; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK TELEMETRIES; SUB-GRID VARIABILITY; VEGETATION DENSITY;

BINARY TREES; DATA PROCESSING; MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUN; WATER RESOURCES;

SNOW;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSOR; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER RESOURCE;

CALIFORNIA; COLORADO; IDAHO; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84880598296     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9355     Document Type: Article

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