Improvement of snow depth retrieval for FY3B-MWRI in China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1278-1292

  Jiang, LingMei ^a   Wang, Pei ^a   Zhang, LiXin ^a   Yang, Hu ^b   Yang, JunTao ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

China; FY3B MWRI; passive microwave; snow depth

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; FY3B-MWRI; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SATELLITE PASSIVE MICROWAVE; SNOW DEPTHS;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; AMSR-E; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; EOS; LAND COVER; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MODIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PIXEL; SNOW COVER;

CHINA;

EID: 84901272399     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-013-4798-8     Document Type: Article

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