In situ continuous visible and near-infrared spectroscopy of an alpine snowpack

Cryosphere

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1091-1110

  Dumont, Marie ^a   Arnaud, Laurent ^b   Picard, Ghislain ^b   Libois, Quentin ^b,d   Lejeune, Yves ^a   Nabat, Pierre ^c   Voisin, Didier ^b   Morin, Samuel ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALBEDO; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEAR INFRARED; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE AREA; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TIME SERIES; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; WINTER;

ALPS; FRANCE;

EID: 85019030786     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-11-1091-2017     Document Type: Article

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