Micrometeorological processes driving snow ablation in an Alpine catchment [PDF]
, 2011 Mountain snow covers typically become patchy over the course of a melting season. The snow pattern during melt is mainly governed by the end of winter snow depth distribution and the local energy balance.
C. Manes +15 more
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An Overview of Snow Water Equivalent: Methods, Challenges, and Future Outlook
, 2022 The snow depth or snow water equivalent affects water, carbon, and energy cycles as well as surface–atmosphere interactions. Therefore, the global monitoring of spatiotemporal changes in snow water equivalent is a crucial issue, which is performed ...
Mercedeh Taheri, Abdolmajid Mohammadian
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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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Modeling bulk density and snow water equivalent using daily snow depth observations [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2014 Bulk density is a fundamental property of snow relating its depth and mass. Previously, two simple models of bulk density (depending on snow depth, date, and location) have been developed to convert snow depth observations to snow water equivalent (SWE ...
J. L. McCreight, E. E. Small
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Intercomparison of snow density measurements: bias, precision, and vertical resolution [PDF]
, 2016 Density is a fundamental property of porous media such as snow. A wide range of snow properties and physical processes are linked to density, but few studies have addressed the uncertainty in snow density measurements.
C. Fierz +7 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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Evaluation of snow cover and depth simulated by a land-surface model using detailed regional snow observations from Austria [PDF]
, 2010 An evaluation is undertaken of the accuracy with which the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) can simulate snow cover and depth when driven using data from the Hadley Centre Regional Climate Model.
Thomas Lafon +8 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.
N. Rutter +12 more
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C-Band SAR Imagery for Snow-Cover Monitoring at Treeline, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
Remote Sensing, 2012 RADARSAT and ERS-2 data collected at multiple incidence angles are used to characterize the seasonal variations in the backscatter of snow-covered landscapes in the northern Hudson Bay Lowlands during the winters of 1997/98 and 1998/99.
Frédérique C. Pivot
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Snow-water equivalent of snowpacks
, 2021 The SnowFox sensor observes snow-water equivalent (SWE) by the attenuation of cosmic-ray neutrons. The sensor is located close to a PROMICE automatic weather station to complement the snow depth measurements.
Fausto, Robert S.
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