Svalbard snow and sea-ice cover : comparing satellite data, on-site measurements, and modelling results (SvalSCESIA)

• Main Authors: Killie, Mari Anne, Aaboe, Signe, Isaksen, Ketil, Van Pelt, Ward, Pedersen, Åshild Ø., Luks, Bartłomiej
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära 2021
• Subjects: snow; sea ice; Svalbard; observations; modelling; in-situ; remote sensing; sea-ice area; snow cover extent; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Nordenskiöld Land; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-432349; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4293804

Fundamental knowledge gaps and scaling issues hamper efforts to determine how changes in snow cover and snow distribution affect ecosystems. The presence of snow cover has huge impact on Arctic ecosystems, human activities, atmospheric processes and Earth’s surface energy balance. Mapping snow cover...