Using satellite imagery to validate snow distribution simulated by a hydrological model in large northern basins

• Published in: Hydrological Processes
• Main Authors: Brown, Laura, Thorne, Robin, Woo, Ming‐Ko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2008
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Liard; National Snow and Ice Data Center
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6999; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fhyp.6999; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/hyp.6999

Abstract Owing to the scarcity of hydro‐climatic data in high latitudes, most hydrological models are validated using only discharge data from the basin outlets. In view of the important contribution of snowmelt to northern river flows, there is a need to evaluate model performance in terms of the a...