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Research and Products:
Snow Cover Mapping

References

Dressler, K. A., G. Leavesley, R. Bales, and S. Fassnacht. 2004. Streamflow estimation from hydrologic model assimilation of remotely sensed snow information in snowmelt dominated basins. Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract C31A-0288

Molotch,  N. P., and R. C. Bales RC. 2006. SNOTEL representativeness in the Rio Grande headwaters on the basis of physiographics and remotely sensed snow cover persistence Hydrological Processes 20, 723–739  DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6128

Molotch, N. P., and R. C. Bales. 2005. Scaling snow observations from the point to the grid element: implications for observation network design. Water Resources Research 41, W11421, DOI: 10.1029/2005WR0004229

Molotch, N. P., M. T. Colee, R. C. Bales, and J. Dozier. 2005. Estimating the spatial distribution of snow water equivalent in an alpine basin using binary regression tree models: the impact of digital elevation data and independent variable selection. Hydrological Processes 19: 1459–1479. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5586.

Molotch, N. P., S. R. Fassnacht, R. C. Bales and S. R. Helfrich. Estimating the distribution of snow water equivalent and snow extent beneath cloud-cover in the Salt-Verde River basin, Arizona. Hydrological Processes, 2004:(in press).

Rosenthal, W. 1996. “Automated snow mapping at subpixel resolution from NOAA- AVHRR data; Final report: Programs for estimating subpixel snow-covered area.” Technical Report, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, N.H.

Serreze, M. C., M. P. Clark, D. L. McGinnis, R. S. Pulwarty, and R. A. Armstrong. 1999. “Characteristics of the western United States snowpack from snowpack telemetry (SNOTEL) data.” Water Resources Research, 35(7):2145-2160.