Evaluating observational methods to quantify snow duration under diverse forest canopies

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1203-1224

  Dickerson Lange, Susan E ^a   Lutz, James A ^b   Martin, Kael A ^a   Raleigh, Mark S ^c   Gersonde, Rolf ^d   Lundquist, Jessica D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Seattle Public Utilities   (United States)

Author keywords

fiber optic cable; forest; iButton; silviculture; snow; time lapse camera

Indexed keywords

CABLES; COMPLEX NETWORKS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL CABLES; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

COLOCATED INSTRUMENTS; FOREST; IBUTTON; MONTE CARLO EXPERIMENTS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; SECOND-GROWTH FORESTS; SILVICULTURE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; GROWTH RATE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SILVICULTURE; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; SPACING; THINNING;

CABLES; CAMERAS; FIBER OPTICS; FORESTS; SILVICULTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 85027935799     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015744     Document Type: Article

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