Synthesis method for simulating snow distribution utilizing remotely sensed data for the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Li, Hongyi ^a   Tang, Zhiguang ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Che, Tao ^a   Pan, Xiaoduo ^a   Huang, Chunlin ^a   Wang, Xufeng ^a   Hao, Xiaohua ^a   Sun, Shaobo ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

snow assimilation; snow depletion curve; snow distribution; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

MEAN SQUARE ERROR; REMOTE SENSING;

ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; PRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SNOW DEPLETION CURVE; SNOW DISTRIBUTION; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

SNOW;

EID: 84898670842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.8.084696     Document Type: Article

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