GlobSnow v3. 0 Northern Hemisphere snow water equivalent dataset

K Luojus, J Pulliainen, M Takala, J Lemmetyinen… - Scientific Data, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract We describe the Northern Hemisphere terrestrial snow water equivalent (SWE) time
series covering 1979–2018, containing daily, monthly and monthly bias-corrected SWE …

Estimating northern hemisphere snow water equivalent for climate research through assimilation of space-borne radiometer data and ground-based measurements

M Takala, K Luojus, J Pulliainen, C Derksen… - Remote Sensing of …, 2011 - Elsevier
The key variable describing global seasonal snow cover is snow water equivalent (SWE).
However, reliable information on the hemispheric scale variability of SWE is lacking …

[HTML][HTML] EASE-Grid 2.0: Incremental but significant improvements for Earth-gridded data sets

MJ Brodzik, B Billingsley, T Haran, B Raup… - … International Journal of …, 2012 - mdpi.com
Defined in the early 1990s for use with gridded satellite passive microwave data, the Equal-
Area Scalable Earth Grid (EASE-Grid) was quickly adopted and used for distribution of a …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of snow water equivalent: Methods, challenges, and future outlook

M Taheri, A Mohammadian - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The snow depth or snow water equivalent affects water, carbon, and energy cycles as well
as surface–atmosphere interactions. Therefore, the global monitoring of spatiotemporal …

Trends in high northern latitude soil freeze and thaw cycles from 1988 to 2002

NV Smith, SS Saatchi… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
In boreal and tundra ecosystems the freeze state of soils limits rates of photosynthesis and
respiration. Here we develop a technique to identify the timing of freeze and thaw transitions …

Surface melting over the Greenland ice sheet from enhanced resolution passive microwave brightness temperatures (1979–2019)

P Colosio, M Tedesco, X Fettweis… - The Cryosphere …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Surface melting is a major component of the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) surface mass
balance, affecting sea level rise through direct runoff and the modulation on ice dynamics …

Optimum image formation for spaceborne microwave radiometer products

DG Long, MJ Brodzik - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper considers some of the issues of radiometer brightness image formation and
reconstruction for use in the NASA-sponsored Calibrated Passive Microwave Daily Equal …

Benchmarking algorithm changes to the Snow CCI+ snow water equivalent product

C Mortimer, L Mudryk, C Derksen, M Brady… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Space Agency (ESA) Snow Climate Change Initiative (CCI+)
provides long-term, global time series of daily snow cover fraction and snow water …

Evaluation of passive microwave dry snow detection algorithms and application to SWE retrieval during seasonal snow accumulation

L Zschenderlein, K Luojus, M Takala… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The microwave emission of snow has distinctive, frequency-dependent characteristics that
enable the use of passive microwave remote sensing for the detection of (dry) snow …

Detection of snowmelt using spaceborne microwave radiometer data in Eurasia from 1979 to 2007

M Takala, J Pulliainen, SJ Metsamaki… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Determining the date of snowmelt clearance is an important issue for hydrological and
climate research. Spaceborne radiometers are ideally suited for global snowmelt monitoring …