Title :
Investigating hemispherical trends in snow accumulation using GlobSnow snow water equivalent data
Author :
Luojus, Kari ; Pulliainen, Jouni ; Takala, Matias ; Lemmetyinen, Juha ; Derksen, Chris ; Metsämäki, Sari ; Bojkov, Bojan
Author_Institution :
Arctic Res., Finnish Meteorol. Inst. (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
Abstract :
This paper presents the evaluation of the 30-years GlobSnow SWE data record, spanning Northern Hemisphere, for climate research purposes. It includes a brief validation of the SWE data record with ground- based reference data and evaluation of the hemispherical scale SWE trends.
Keywords :
climatology; hydrological techniques; snow; GlobSnow; Northern Hemisphere; SWE data record; climate research; hemispherical trend; snow accumulation; snow water equivalent data; Density measurement; Europe; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; North America; Snow; Essential Climate Variable (ECV); Snow Cover; Snow Extent; Snow Water Equivalent;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1003-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6050051
