Remote Sensing, 2023 Accurate information on snow cover extent plays a crucial role in understanding regional and global climate change, as well as the water cycle, and supports the sustainable development of socioeconomic systems.
Rui He +4 more
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A Compilation of Snow Cover Datasets for Svalbard: A Multi-Sensor, Multi-Model Study
Remote Sensing, 2021 Reliable and accurate mapping of snow cover are essential in applications such as water resource management, hazard forecasting, calibration and validation of hydrological models and climate impact assessments. Optical remote sensing has been utilized as
Hannah Vickers +6 more
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Evaluation of snow cover and snow depth on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau derived from passive microwave remote sensing [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2017 Snow cover on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) plays a significant role in the global climate system and is an important water resource for rivers in the high-elevation region of Asia.
L. Dai +5 more
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Spatio-temporal variation analysis of snow cover in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor based on remote sensing technology [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Based on the MODIS10A2 snow product data from 2001 to 2019, the characteristics of annual variation, interannual variation and spatial distribution of snow cover in China Pakistan Economic Corridor from 2001 to 2019 are analyzed by using remote sensing ...
Zhang Fan, Zhang ZhiHua
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Snow cover on the Lagonaky high plateau (Western Caucasus)
Лëд и снег, 2017 The paper presents characteristics of a snow cover observed on the Lagonaky high plateau (the Western Caucasus) in the interfluve of the rivers Belaya and Pshekha along two snow-measuring courses. The period of observations is 1973–2015, and the altitude
Yu. V. Efremov, A. V. Zimnitskiy
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Impacts of topographic factors on regional snow cover characteristics
Water Science and Engineering, 2020 At a local scale, snow cover is influenced by terrain properties, and it affects water availability across some arid and semiarid regions. This study aimed to quantify the spatial heterogeneity of snow cover due to topographic effects based on moderate ...
Muattar Saydi, Jian-li Ding
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Variation in the snow cover on the Qilian Mountains and its causes in the early 21st century
Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2016 Based on MODIS data, we analyzed the spatial distribution and the intra- and inter-annual variations of the snow cover in the Qilian Mountains. In addition to discussing regional climate, we discussed the reasons for the snow cover pattern variations ...
Youyan Jiang +4 more
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A Digital Archive of Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover, November 1966 through December 1980 [PDF]
, 1982 The purpose of this article is to acquaint the research community with a new data base—a digitized archive of Northern Hemisphere snow cover. Historically, those researchers who needed snow cover data for climatic and atmospheric boundary layer studies ...
Dewey, Kenneth F., Heim, Richard, Jr.
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Multiscale assimilation of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS snow water equivalent and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer snow cover fraction observations in northern Colorado [PDF]
, 2012 Eight years (2002–2010) of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer–EOS (AMSR-E) snow water equivalent (SWE) retrievals and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snow cover fraction (SCF) observations are assimilated separately or jointly ...
Arsenault, Kristi R +6 more
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Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
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