Data assimilation plays a dual role in advancing the “scientific” understanding and serving
as an “engineering tool” for the Earth system sciences. Land data assimilation (LDA) has …

The snow cover is a key component of land surface hydrology, especially in mountain areas
where it governs the amount and timing of water availability in downstream areas. It is …

Monitoring snowpack depth is essential in many applications at regional and global scales.
Space-borne passive microwave (PMW) remote sensing observations have been widely …

Accurate knowledge of the seasonal snow distribution is vital in several domains including
ecology, water resources management, and tourism. Current spaceborne sensors provide a …

Snow plays a crucial role in the water balance of mountainous regions by affecting the
timing and magnitude of runoff and, thus, water availability and flood hazards. However …

In this paper, we introduce and provide access to daily (1960–2017) and hourly (1993–
2017) datasets of snow and meteorological data measured at the Col de Porte site, 1325 m …

Moutain snow cover is highly variable both spatially and temporally and has a tremendous
impact on ecosystems and human activities. Numerical models provide continuous …

Ecosystems around the globe are experiencing changes in both the magnitude and
fluctuations of environmental conditions due to land use and climate change. In response …

The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action ES1404
“HarmoSnow”, entitled,“A European network for a harmonized monitoring of snow for the …

Snow models are usually evaluated at sites providing high-quality meteorological data, so
that the uncertainty in the meteorological input data can be neglected when assessing …