Snow cover of the Upper Colorado River Basin from satellite passive microwave and visual imagery
Nordic Hydrology
By: E.G. Josberger and E. Beauvillain
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Abstract
A comparison of passive microwave images from the Nimbus-7 Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) and visual images from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) of the Upper Colorado River Basin shows that passive microwave satellite imagery can be used to determine the extent of the snow cover. Eight cloud-free DMSP images throughout the winter of 1985-1986 show the extent of the snowpack, which, when compared to the corresponding SMMR images, determine the threshold microwave characteristics for snow-covered pixels. With these characteristics, the 27 sequential SMMR images give a unique view of the temporal history of the snow cover extent through the first half of the water year. -from Authors
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Snow cover of the Upper Colorado River Basin from satellite passive microwave and visual imagery |
| Series title | Nordic Hydrology |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1989 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Nordic Hydrology |
| First page | 73 |
| Last page | 84 |
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