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

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Rutter, Nick, Sandells, Melody, Derksen, Chris, King, Josh, 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: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Canada; Trail Valley Creek; Valley Creek; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/41050/; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3045-2019; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/41050/9/tc-13-3045-2019.pdf; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/41050/1/Rutter%20et%20al%20-%20Effect%20of%20snow%20microstructure%20variability%20on%20Ku-band%20radar%20snow%20water%20equivalent%20retrievals%20AAM.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 9 trenches) collec...