Evaluation of snow depth and snow cover over the Tibetan Plateau in global reanalyses using in situ and satellite remote sensing observations

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Y. Orsolini, M. Wegmann, E. Dutra, B. Liu, G. Balsamo, K. Yang, P. de Rosnay, C. Zhu, W. Wang, R. Senan, G. Arduini
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: geo; envir; Merra; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2221-2019; https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/2221/2019/tc-13-2221-2019.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/8c5878b2e6be450583ee91bdbcb60aeb

The Tibetan Plateau (TP) region, often referred to as the Third Pole, is the world's highest plateau and exerts a considerable influence on regional and global climate. The state of the snowpack over the TP is a major research focus due to its great impact on the headwaters of a dozen major Asi...