Satellite remote sensing for water resources management: Potential for supporting sustainable development in data‐poor regions

J Sheffield, EF Wood, M Pan, H Beck… - Water Resources …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Water resources management (WRM) for sustainable development presents many
challenges in areas with sparse in situ monitoring networks. The exponential growth of …

Rapid decline of snow and ice in the tropical Andes–Impacts, uncertainties and challenges ahead

M Vuille, M Carey, C Huggel, W Buytaert, A Rabatel… - Earth-science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Glaciers in the tropical Andes have been retreating for the past several decades, leading to
a temporary increase in dry season water supply downstream. Projected future glacier …

Winter snow and spring temperature have differential effects on vegetation phenology and productivity across Arctic plant communities

KC Kelsey, SH Pedersen, AJ Leffler… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tundra dominates two‐thirds of the unglaciated, terrestrial Arctic. Although this region has
experienced rapid and widespread changes in vegetation phenology and productivity over …

Snow hydrology in Mediterranean mountain regions: A review

A Fayad, S Gascoin, G Faour, JI López-Moreno… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Water resources in Mediterranean regions are under increasing pressure due to climate
change, economic development, and population growth. Many Mediterranean rivers have …

Snow cover and snow albedo changes in the central Andes of Chile and Argentina from daily MODIS observations (2000–2016)

JK Malmros, SH Mernild, R Wilson, T Tagesson… - Remote Sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The variables of snow cover extent (SCE), snow cover duration (SCD), and snow albedo
(SAL) are primary factors determining the surface energy balance and hydrological …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in Andes snow cover from MODIS data, 2000–2016

FA Saavedra, SK Kampf, SR Fassnacht… - The Cryosphere, 2018 - tc.copernicus.org
The Andes span a length of 7000 km and are important for sustaining regional water
supplies. Snow variability across this region has not been studied in detail due to sparse …

[HTML][HTML] Hydropower under climate uncertainty: Characterizing the usable capacity of Brazilian, Colombian and Peruvian power plants under climate scenarios

AL Caceres, P Jaramillo, HS Matthews… - Energy for Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydropower may be a low-carbon option to increase power generation in develo**
countries, but these countries are some of the most vulnerable to climate change. Climate …

Glacier albedo reduction and drought effects in the extratropical Andes, 1986–2020

TE Shaw, G Ulloa, D Farías-Barahona… - Journal of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Surface albedo typically dominates the mass balance of mountain glaciers, though long-
term trends and patterns of glacier albedo are seldom explored. We calculated broadband …

Spatio-temporal patterns of the 2010–2015 extreme hydrological drought across the Central Andes, Argentina

JA Rivera, OC Penalba, R Villalba, DC Araneo - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
During the period 2010–2015, the semi-arid Central Andes in Argentina (CAA) experienced
one of the most severe and long-lasting hydrological droughts on record. Since the …

Snow depth patterns in a high mountain Andean catchment from satellite optical tristereoscopic remote sensing

TE Shaw, S Gascoin, PA Mendoza… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Obtaining detailed information about high mountain snowpacks is often limited by
insufficient ground‐based observations and uncertainty in the (re) distribution of solid …