Validation of precipitation phase estimates from CloudSat-CPR across Canada

• Main Author: Kodamana, Rithwik
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2020
• Subjects: remote sensing; CloudSat; Arctic; validation; Canada; snow; Snow > Canada; Northern > Remote sensing; Eureka; Climate change
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/15535

Snow is an important component of the global climate system with significant impacts on local weather, fresh water resources, and energy balance in high latitude cold countries. Therefore precise snowfall monitoring is essential for cold countries such as Canada. Apart from the sampling issues relat...