Snow depth, density, and SWE estimates derived from GPS reflection data: Validation in the western U. S

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 6892-6909

  McCreight, James L ^a   Small, Eric E ^b   Larson, Kristine M ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; TIME SERIES; WATER RESOURCES;

BULK DENSITY; DENSITY ESTIMATES; GROUND-TRACK; MODEL PARAMETERS; NEAR-REAL TIME; NEGATIVE BIAS; REFLECTION DATA; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

SATELLITE ANTENNAS;

EID: 85040676241     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015561     Document Type: Article

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