Environmental Controls on Snow Cover Thickness and Water Equivalent in Two Sub-Arctic Mountain Catchments

• Main Author: Cosgrove, Christopher
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper 2015
• Subjects: Snow; hydrology; sub-Arctic; mountains; climate; landscape; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Arctic; Canada; Hemavan; Yukon; Northern Sweden; Tundra
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-253186

The spatial variability of snow cover characteristics (depth, density, and snow water equivalent [SWE]) has paramount importance for the management of water resources in mountain environments. Passive microwave (PM) inference of SWE from space-borne instrumentation is increasingly used but the relia...