An integrated modeling system for estimating glacier and snow melt driven streamflow from remote sensing and earth system data products in the Himalayas

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 1859-1869

  Brown, M E ^a   Racoviteanu, A E ^b   Tarboton, D G ^c   Gupta, A Sen ^c   Nigro, J ^a,d   Policelli, F ^a   Habib, S ^a   Tokay, M ^d   Shrestha, M S ^e   Bajracharya, S ^e   Hummel, P ^f   Gray, M ^f   Duda, P ^f   Zaitchik, B ^g   Mahat, V ^h   Artan, G ⁱ   Tokar, S ^j  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^f AQUA TERRA Consultants   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

ⁱ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^j UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

Energy balance; Glacier melt; Himalayas; Stream flow

Indexed keywords

STREAM FLOW;

DATA PRODUCTS; EARTH SYSTEMS; HIMALAYAS; INTEGRATED MODELING SYSTEM; SNOW MELT;

ENERGY BALANCE;

EID: 84908190278     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.09.050     Document Type: Article

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