Impact of dynamic snow density on GlobSnow snow water equivalent retrieval accuracy [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2021 Snow water equivalent (SWE) is an important variable in describing global seasonal snow cover. Traditionally, SWE has been measured manually at snow transects or using observations from weather stations.
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Changes in the snow water equivalent in mountainous basins in Slovakia over recent decades [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2015 Changes in snowpack and duration of snow cover can cause changes in the regime of snow and rain-snow induced floods. The recent IPCC report suggests that, in snow-dominated regions such as the Alps, the Carpathian Mountains and the northern parts of ...
K. Hlavčová +3 more
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A western United States snow reanalysis dataset over the Landsat era from water years 1985 to 2021
Scientific Data, 2022 Measurement(s) snow water equivalent, snow depth, fractional snow covered area Technology Type(s) Bayesian snow reanalysis framework with assimilation of fractional snow covered area Sample Characteristic - Location Western United ...
Yiwen Fang +2 more
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Snow water equivalent in the Alps as seen by gridded data sets, CMIP5 and CORDEX climate models [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2017 The estimate of the current and future conditions of snow resources in mountain areas would require reliable, kilometre-resolution, regional-observation-based gridded data sets and climate models capable of properly representing snow processes and snow–
S. Terzago +3 more
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Accuracy of Manual Snow Sampling, Depending on the Sampler’s Cross-Section—A Comparative Study
Geosciences, 2023 Snow sampling, either by inserting a tube through the entire snowpack or by taking samples from the vertical profile, is widely applied to measure the snow depth, density, and snow water equivalent (SWE).
Marko Kaasik +10 more
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Investigating ANN architectures and training to estimate snow water equivalent from snow depth [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2021 Canada's water cycle is driven mainly by snowmelt. Snow water equivalent (SWE) is the snow-related variable that is most commonly used in hydrology, as it expresses the total quantity of water (solid and liquid) stored in the snowpack.
K. F. F. Ntokas +4 more
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Spatio-temporal influence of tundra snow properties on Ku-band (17.2 GHz) backscatter [PDF]
, 2015 During the 2010/11 boreal winter, a distributed set of backscatter measurements was collected using a ground-based Ku-band (17.2 GHz) scatterometer system at 26 open tundra sites.
Derksen, Chris +7 more
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Seasonal snow cover indicators in coastal Greenland from in situ observations, a climate model, and reanalysis [PDF]
The CryosphereSeasonal snow cover has important climatic and ecological implications for the ice-free regions of coastal Greenland. Here we present, for the first time, a dataset of quality-controlled snow depth measurements from nine locations in coastal Greenland ...
J. van der Schot +11 more
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Snow Water Equivalent of Dry Snow Measured by Differential Interferometry [PDF]
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2015 Large scale mapping of snow water equivalent (SWE) is a long-lasting request in many scientific and economical fields. Active and passive microwave remote sensing methods are explored, as local methods cannot be generalized due to the spatial inhomogeneity of the snow pack. Microwaves interact with snow by absorption, scattering, and refraction.
Silvan Leinss +3 more
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Effect of snow microstructure variability on Ku-band radar snow water equivalent retrievals [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2019 Spatial variability in snowpack properties negatively impacts our capacity to make direct measurements of snow water equivalent (SWE) using satellites.
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