Towards a webcam-based snow cover monitoring network: methodology and evaluation

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Portenier, Céline, Hüsler, Fabia, Härer, Stefan, Wunderle, Stefan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: 550 Earth sciences & geology; Principal Point; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://boris.unibe.ch/143988/1/tc-14-1409-2020.pdf; https://boris.unibe.ch/143988/

Snow cover variability has a significant impact on climate and the environment and is of great socioeconomic importance for the European Alps. Terrestrial photography offers a high potential to monitor snow cover variability, but its application is often limited to small catchment scales. Here, we p...