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 …

Reviews and perspectives of high impact atmospheric processes in the Mediterranean

S Michaelides, T Karacostas, JL Sánchez, A Retalis… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Mediterranean region is a unique area characterized by a large spectrum of
atmospheric phenomena, some of which have a high impact on many aspects of human …

Improving sub-canopy snow depth map** with unmanned aerial vehicles: lidar versus structure-from-motion techniques

P Harder, JW Pomeroy, WD Helgason - The Cryosphere, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Vegetation has a tremendous influence on snow processes and snowpack dynamics, yet
remote sensing techniques to resolve the spatial variability of sub-canopy snow depth are …

Assessing the capability of the SWAT model to simulate snow, snow melt and streamflow dynamics over an alpine watershed

Y Grusson, X Sun, S Gascoin, S Sauvage… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Snow is an important hydrological reservoir within the water cycle, particularly when the
watershed includes a mountainous area. Modellers often overlook water stocked in snow …

Improving snow water equivalent maps with machine learning of snow survey and lidar measurements

PD Broxton, WJD Van Leeuwen… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the semiarid interior western USA, where a majority of surface water supply comes from
mountain forests, high‐resolution aerial lidar‐based surveys are commonly used to study …

Map** snow depth in open alpine terrain from stereo satellite imagery

R Marti, S Gascoin, E Berthier, M De Pinel… - The …, 2016 - tc.copernicus.org
To date, there is no definitive approach to map snow depth in mountainous areas from
spaceborne sensors. Here, we examine the potential of very-high-resolution (VHR) optical …

Using a fixed-wing UAS to map snow depth distribution: an evaluation at peak accumulation

C De Michele, F Avanzi, D Passoni, R Barzaghi… - The …, 2016 - tc.copernicus.org
We investigate snow depth distribution at peak accumulation over a small Alpine area (∼
0.3 km 2) using photogrammetry-based surveys with a fixed-wing unmanned aerial system …

Accuracy of snow depth estimation in mountain and prairie environments by an unmanned aerial vehicle

P Harder, M Schirmer, J Pomeroy, W Helgason - The Cryosphere, 2016 - tc.copernicus.org
Quantifying the spatial distribution of snow is crucial to predict and assess its water resource
potential and understand land–atmosphere interactions. High-resolution remote sensing of …

Next‐generation intensity‐duration‐frequency curves for hydrologic design in snow‐dominated environments

H Yan, N Sun, M Wigmosta, R Skaggs… - Water Resources …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There is a renewed focus on the design of infrastructure resilient to extreme
hydrometeorological events. While precipitation‐based intensity‐duration‐frequency (IDF) …

Continuous monitoring of snowpack dynamics in alpine terrain by aboveground neutron sensing

P Schattan, G Baroni, SE Oswald… - Water Resources …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The characteristics of an aboveground cosmic‐ray neutron sensor (CRNS) are evaluated for
monitoring a mountain snowpack in the Austrian Alps from March 2014 to June 2016 …