Changing Arctic snow cover: A review of recent developments and assessment of future needs for observations, modelling, and impacts

S Bokhorst, SH Pedersen, L Brucker, O Anisimov… - Ambio, 2016 - Springer
Snow is a critically important and rapidly changing feature of the Arctic. However, snow-
cover and snowpack conditions change through time pose challenges for measuring and …

Toward snow cover estimation in mountainous areas using modern data assimilation methods: A review

C Largeron, M Dumont, S Morin, A Boone… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Density, specific surface area, and correlation length of snow measured by high‐resolution penetrometry

M Proksch, H Löwe… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Precise measurements of snow structural parameters are crucial to understand the formation
of snowpacks by deposition and metamorphism and to characterize the stratigraphy for …

Use of Sentinel-1 radar observations to evaluate snowmelt dynamics in alpine regions

C Marin, G Bertoldi, V Premier, M Callegari… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Knowing the timing and the evolution of the snow melting process is very important, since it
allows the prediction of (i) the snowmelt onset,(ii) the snow gliding and wet-snow …

Verification of the multi-layer SNOWPACK model with different water transport schemes

N Wever, L Schmid, A Heilig, O Eisen, C Fierz… - The …, 2015 - tc.copernicus.org
The widely used detailed SNOWPACK model has undergone constant development over
the years. A notable recent extension is the introduction of a Richards equation (RE) solver …

Retrieval of snow water equivalent, liquid water content, and snow height of dry and wet snow by combining GPS signal attenuation and time delay

F Koch, P Henkel, F Appel, L Schmid… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
For numerous hydrological applications, information on snow water equivalent (SWE) and
snow liquid water content (LWC) are fundamental. In situ data are much needed for the …

Using snow depth observations to provide insight into the quality of snowpack simulations for regional-scale avalanche forecasting

S Horton, P Haegeli - The Cryosphere, 2022 - tc.copernicus.org
The combination of numerical weather prediction and snowpack models has potential to
provide valuable information about snow avalanche conditions in remote areas. However …

[HTML][HTML] Map** liquid water content in snow at the millimeter scale: an intercomparison of mixed-phase optical property models using hyperspectral imaging and in …

C Donahue, SMK Skiles, K Hammonds - The Cryosphere, 2022 - tc.copernicus.org
It is well understood that the distribution and quantity of liquid water in snow is relevant for
snow hydrology and avalanche forecasting, yet detecting and quantifying liquid water in …

Spatially extensive ground‐penetrating radar snow depth observations during NASA's 2017 SnowEx campaign: Comparison with in situ, airborne, and satellite …

D McGrath, R Webb, D Shean… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal snow is an important component of Earth's hydrologic cycle and climate system,
yet it remains challenging to consistently and accurately measure snow depth and snow …

GEODAR data and the flow regimes of snow avalanches

A Köhler, JN McElwaine… - Journal of geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
GEOphysical flow dynamics using pulsed Doppler radAR (GEODAR), a custom radar
system, images avalanches over the entire slope with high spatial and temporal resolution at …