Multi-scale analysis of snow dynamics at the southern margin of the North American continental snow distribution

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 169, Issue , 2015, Pages 307-319

  Sankey, Temuulen ^a   Donald, Jonathon ^a   McVay, Jason ^a   Ashley, Mariah ^a   O'Donnell, Frances ^a   Lopez, Sharon Masek ^a   Springer, Abraham ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ephemeral snow; Forest restoration; Landsat NDSI; MOD10; Northern Arizona; Snow accumulation; Snow retention

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RESTORATION; SPECTROSCOPY; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FOREST RESTORATION; LANDSAT; MOD10; NORTHERN ARIZONA; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

SNOW;

BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDEX METHOD; LANDSAT; MODIS; RECHARGE; RETENTION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THINNING; TREND ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ARIZONA; FORESTS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940659721     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.08.028     Document Type: Article

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