A landsat-era Sierra Nevada snow reanalysis (1985-2015)

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1203-1221

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

^a University of California   (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

Atm ocean structure phenomena; Bayesian methods; Complex terrain; Data assimilation; Geographic location entity; Mathematical and statistical techniques; Models and modeling; Observational techniques and algorithms; Physical meteorology and climatology; Remote sensing; Snowpack

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; LANDSAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84963556531     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-15-0177.1     Document Type: Article

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