The manner by which meltwater drains through a glacier is critical to ice dynamics, runoff
characteristics, and water quality. However, much of the contemporary knowledge relating to …

Snow cover plays a highly critical role in the global water cycle and energy exchange.
Accurate snow depth (SD) data are important for research on hydrologic processes, climate …

Knowing the freeze-thaw (FT) state of the land surface is essential for many aspects of
weather forecasting, climate, hydrology, and agriculture. Microwave L-band emission …

Surface snowmelt affects the energy balance through melt-albedo feedback and may
endanger the ice shelves in the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) through hydrofracture. Here, we …

Passive microwave estimates of snow water equivalent (SWE) were examined to determine
their usefulness for evaluating water resources in the remote Upper Helmand Watershed …

Melting snow provides an essential source of water in many regions of the world and can
also contribute to devastating, wide-scale flooding. Global datasets of recorded passive …

Understanding the timing of snowmelt is critical for water resources management in snow‐
dominated watersheds. Passive microwave remote sensing can be used to estimate …

Passive-microwave 37 GHz vertically polarized (V) brightness temperature (Tb)
measurements from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for Earth Observing …

Over the large ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, melting is one of the drivers for mass
losses, either through direct runoff or through the impact on ice dynamics. This chapter …

Glaciers and icefields are critical components of Earth's cryosphere to study and monitor for
understanding the effects of a changing climate. To provide a regional perspective of glacier …