Effect of snow microstructure variability on Ku-band radar snow water equivalent retrievals

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Rutter, Nick, Sandells, Melody J., Derksen, Chris, King, Joshua, Toose, Peter, Wake, Leanne, Watts, Tom, Essery, Richard, Roy, Alexandre, Royer, Alain, Marsh, Philip, Larsen, Chris, Sturm, Matthew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Canada; Trail Valley Creek; Valley Creek; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3045-2019; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00049518; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00049137/tc-13-3045-2019.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/13/3045/2019/tc-13-3045-2019.pdf

Spatial variability in snowpack properties negatively impacts our capacity to make direct measurements of snow water equivalent (SWE) using satellites. A comprehensive data set of snow microstructure (94 profiles at 36 sites) and snow layer thickness (9000 vertical profiles across nine trenches) col...