• DocumentCode
    1899017
  • Title

    Investigating hemispherical trends in snow accumulation using GlobSnow snow water equivalent data

  • Author

    Luojus, Kari ; Pulliainen, Jouni ; Takala, Matias ; Lemmetyinen, Juha ; Derksen, Chris ; Metsämäki, Sari ; Bojkov, Bojan

  • Author_Institution
    Arctic Res., Finnish Meteorol. Inst. (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    24-29 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    3772
  • Lastpage
    3774
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the evaluation of the 30-years GlobSnow SWE data record, spanning Northern Hemisphere, for climate research purposes. It includes a brief validation of the SWE data record with ground- based reference data and evaluation of the hemispherical scale SWE trends.
  • Keywords
    climatology; hydrological techniques; snow; GlobSnow; Northern Hemisphere; SWE data record; climate research; hemispherical trend; snow accumulation; snow water equivalent data; Density measurement; Europe; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; North America; Snow; Essential Climate Variable (ECV); Snow Cover; Snow Extent; Snow Water Equivalent;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Vancouver, BC
  • ISSN
    2153-6996
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1003-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6050051
  • Filename
    6050051