Detecting snowfall events over the Arctic using optical and microwave satellite measurements

• Main Authors: Jääskeläinen, Emmihenna, Kouki, Kerttu, Riihelä, Aku
• Other Authors: Ilmatieteen laitos, Finnish Meteorological Institute, orcid:0000-0002-9834-3372, orcid:0000-0002-8402-7440, orcid:0000-0001-6581-8792
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2024
• Subjects: arctic region; remote sensing; climate changes; radars; meteorological radars; arktinen alue; lumisade; lumi; sademäärä; havainnot; ilmasto; kaukokartoitus; ilmastonmuutokset; tutkat; säätutkat; snowfall; snow; rainfall; perceptions (mental objects); climate; Arctic; Luosto; Arktinen alue; Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/585505

The precipitation over the Arctic region is a difficult quantity to determine with high accuracy, as the in situ observation network is sparse, and current climate models, atmospheric reanalyses, and direct satellite-based precipitation observations suffer from diverse difficulties that hinder the c...