Indices for estimating fractional snow cover in the western Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
Journal of Glaciology, 2009 AbstractSnow cover in the Tibetan Plateau is highly variable in space and time and plays a key role in ecological processes of this cold-desert ecosystem. Resolution of passive microwave data is too low for regional-scale estimates of snow cover on the Tibetan Plateau, requiring an alternate data source.
Cheney M. Shreve +2 more
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Solar Radiation Transfer Through a Subarctic Shrub Canopy [PDF]
, 2007 Much of the low Arctic is covered with shrubs that are partially buried by snow in winter and become exposed during melt. This study presents measurements and modeling of shortwave radiation reflection and extinction by a deciduous shrub canopy emerging ...
Bewley, D. +2 more
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Optimization of Optical Fractional Snow Cover Algorithms [PDF]
, 2016 第7回極域科学シンポジウム:[OM] 極域気水圏11月29日（火）国立極地研究所 2階 ...
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How Are Turbulent Sensible Heat Fluxes and Snow Melt Rates Affected by a Changing Snow Cover Fraction? [PDF]
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2018 The complex interaction between the atmospheric boundary layer and the heterogeneous land surface is typically not resolved in numerical models approximating the turbulent heat exchange processes. In this study, we consider the effect of the land surface heterogeneity on the spatial variability of near-surface air temperature fields and on snow melt ...
Sebastian Schlögl +5 more
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A Comparison of Satellite-Derived Snow Maps with a Focus on Ephemeral Snow in North Carolina [PDF]
, 2010 In this paper, we focus on the attributes and limitations of four commonly-used daily snowcover products with respect to their ability to map ephemeral snow in central and eastern North Carolina.
Foster, James L. +5 more
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Automated observation of physical snowpack properties in Ny-Ålesund
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 The snow season in the Svalbard archipelago generally lasts 6–10 months a year and significantly impacts the regional climate, glaciers mass balance, permafrost thermal regime and ecology.
Federico Scoto +12 more
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Fractional Snowcover Estimates from Earth Observing System (EOS) Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [PDF]
, 2002 The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Terra and Aqua missions has shown considerable capability for mapping snowcover.
Salomonson, Vincent V.
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Estimating Fractional Snow Cover Algorithms Using Exclusively Landsat Observations [PDF]
, 2016 第6回極域科学シンポジウム[OM] 極域気水圏11月16日（月 ...
Appel Igor
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Major fraction of black carbon is flushed from the melting New Hampshire snowpack nearly as quickly as soluble impurities [PDF]
, 2017 Seasonal snowpacks accumulate impurities derived from atmospheric aerosols and trace gases throughout the winter and release them during snowmelt. Previous field and laboratory studies have shown that a snowpack can lose up to 80% of the soluble ion ...
Aamaas +50 more
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Using Commercial Satellite Imagery to Reconstruct 3 m and Daily Spring Snow Water Equivalent
Water Resources ResearchSnow water equivalent (SWE) distribution at fine spatial scales (≤10 m) is difficult to estimate due to modeling and observational constraints. However, the distribution of SWE throughout the spring snowmelt season is often correlated to the timing of ...
Justin M. Pflug +5 more
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