A particle batch smoother approach to snow water equivalent estimation

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1752-1772

  Margulis, Steven A ^a   Girotto, Manuela ^b,c   Cortés, Gonzalo ^a   Durand, Michael ^d,e  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; RIVER BASIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOOTHING; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930960933     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0177.1     Document Type: Article

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