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deprecated concept > snow cover

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snow cover  

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  • [V. D. Mishra] Snow cover is an important variable for climatic and hydrologic models due to its effect on surface\ \ albedo, energy, and mass balance. Satellite observations successfully provide a global and\ \ comprehensive hemispheric-scale record of the short-term, as well as inter-seasonal variations in\ \ snow cover. Passive microwave sensors provide an excellent method to monitor temporal and spatial\ \ variations in large-scale snow cover parameters, overcoming problems of cloud cover... , "[K. K. Singh] Snow cover is an important variable for climatic and hydrologic models due to its effects on surface\ \ albedo, energy, and moisture budgets. Passive microwave sensors can be used to monitor temporal and\ \ spatial variations in large-scale snow cover parameters, avoiding problems of cloud cover and polar\ \ nights. In the present study, brightness temperature values were estimated (using calibration\ \ curves) for moist snow on natural and blackbody/metal surface... , "[M. TEDESCO] Snow cover is a key component of the Earth's energy balance and a key storage mechanism for\ \ water. In many areas of the world, people rely on snowmelt runoff for their water resources. It is\ \ essential that the extent and water content of seasonal snow cover be determined to a degree of\ \ accuracy concomitant with the instrumentation available... , "[Marco Brogioni] Snow cover is an important component of the hydrological cycle and a key indicator of global\ \ warming. Microwave radiometry has proved to be an important method to monitor this quantity. This\ \ work aims at investigating the sensitivity of microwave emission to snow parameters by means of an\ \ advanced model called IRIDE (Ifac RadiatIve Dry snow Emission). The model is obtained by properly\ \ coupling the Advanced Integral Equation Method and the Dense Media Radiative Transfer Theory under\ \ the Quasi-Crystalline Approximation...

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  • snow covering
  • snow covers

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