Using MODIS snow cover area and SSMI derived snow water equivalent to assess the value of using snow depletion curves predict river discharge and flood potential over the Red River Basin.


Theodore Letcher, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, United States, Carrie Vuyovich, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Jennifer M Jacobs, University of New Hampshire, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space; Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, United States and Ronny Schroeder, CUNY City College, New York, NY, United States