Relating variation of dust on snow to bare soil dynamics in the western United States

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Li, Junran ^a   Okin, Gregory S ^b   McKenzie Skiles, S ^b   Painter, Thomas H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Los Angeles   (United States)

Author keywords

desert dust; remote sensing; snow hydrology; vegetation dynamics; water resource management

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DESERT DUST; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; SNOW HYDROLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

DUST;

ALBEDO; BARE SOIL; DESERT; DUST; GROUND COVER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MODIS; PIXEL; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892179824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044054     Document Type: Article

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