Detection of snow surface thawing and refreezing in the Eurasian Arctic with QuikSCAT: implications for reindeer herding

• Published in: Ecological Applications
• Main Authors: Bartsch, Annett, Kumpula, Timo, Forbes, Bruce C., Stammler, Florian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2010
• Subjects: Yamal Peninsula; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/09-1927.1; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1890%2F09-1927.1; https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1890/09-1927.1

Snow conditions play an important role for reindeer herding. In particular, the formation of ice crusts after rain‐on‐snow (ROS) events or general surface thawing with subsequent refreezing impedes foraging. Such events can be monitored using satellite data. A monitoring scheme has been developed fo...