Snow density climatology across the former USSR

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: X. Zhong, T. Zhang, K. Wang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2014
• Subjects: envir; geo; Arctic; Kamchatka Peninsula; Kamchatka; taiga; The Cryosphere; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-785-2014; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/785/2014/tc-8-785-2014.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/e2e411c04fef439b955549cb8d189f96

Snow density is one of the basic properties used to describe snow cover characteristics, and it is a key factor for linking snow depth and snow water equivalent, which are critical for water resources assessment and modeling inputs. In this study, we used long-term data from ground-based measurement...