Snowmelt variability in Polar Bear Pass, Nunavut, Canada, from QuikSCAT: 2000–2009

• Published in: Hydrological Processes
• Main Authors: Howell, Stephen E. L., Assini, Jane, Young, Kathy L., Abnizova, Anna, Derksen, Chris
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Bathurst Island; Bear Pass; Canada; Nunavut; Polar Bear Pass
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.8365; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fhyp.8365; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/hyp.8365

Abstract Snowmelt onset and end date estimates are made from QuikSCAT scatterometer measurements in the Canadian High Arctic wetland of Polar Bear Pass (PBP) and the surrounding region of Bathurst Island, Nunavut. In situ data within PBP is used to validate QuikSCAT snowmelt onset/end date estimates...