Snow water equivalent
Abstract
The amount of snow affects the energy, water, and carbon balance on the Earth's surface and the interactions between the land and the atmosphere. It is a key parameter for the numerical weather prediction and the long-term climate research. Therefore, it is very important to monitor snow water equivalent (SWE). This chapter describes the methods to measure SWE using both the ground-based and the remote sensing techniques, and introduces the spatiotemporal distribution characteristics of the SWE and its application in the hydrological, meteorological, biological and economical fields. Microwave remote sensing has a strong physical basis to detect snow depth and SWE, due to the penetration ability ...
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