For the com- bined LAI impact on snow and ice melt, two effects are relevant: First, LAI also reduce the albedo of ice, although the effect is smaller than for snow due to the generally lower albedo of ice compared to snow13 unless there is a layer of cryoconite (a dark mixture of ...
The insulating property of snow affects the energy exchange between sur- face and atmosphere. Even a few decimeters of snow cover can prevent the soil freezing, and slow down the ablation of glaciers and ice sheets. The insulating effect increases with the snow depth. The snowmelt affects ...
Analyzing Snow Parameters Dynamics in Arunachal Pradesh’s Glaciated River Basins Through Spatially Distributed Snowmelt Runoff Model (SDSRM): Dibang, Mago and Subansiri Munuvelu Vese V. Nunchhani Aditi Bhadra Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing(2024) ...
In particular, the near-surface at the NH high latitudes is warming at rates double of those at lower latitudes, due to the combined rapid loss of sea ice and snow cover in spring and summer20. In spite of the climate warming on average, an ostensibly large number of high-impact cold ...
The elements released by surface rocks during various evolutionary processes are the primary sources of the hydrochemical composition of glacial meltwater runoff. The interaction between meltwater from ice and snow with soil and rocks, along with the influence of different lithologies, causes regional ...
The insulative properties of snowpack also could protect the over-winter survival of vegetation from wind and low air temperature [27]. Furthermore, winter snow cover could provide fresh water for vegetation activities. With global warming, the timing of snowmelt advance would prompt vegetation ...
Snow depth (SD) is an important and fundamental parameter for describing snow properties [7,8], influencing a large number of hydrological and geophysical processes such as snowmelt runoff, regional energy budget, geochemical cycling, and growing season length. Accurate monitoring of SD and its ...
It influences the energy balance on the land surface, based on its high albedo and low thermal conductivity [1]. The measurement of snow water equivalent (SWE) is important to understand the timing and magnitude of snowmelt runoff [2]. However, when there have been multiple continental or ...
Hydrologically, the seasonal snow cover is an important natural reser- voir: it accumulates during the cold season, while meltwater is released again in warmer and drier periods and provides freshwater for over one billion people worldwide [5]. The smallest changes in timing and/or the amount...
2016, 8, 16 2 of 21 perspective, glaciers often serve as a crucial source of runoff for downstream populations [8] and can present a potential hazard due to glacier lake outburst floods [9,10]. While the presence of exposed ice at the end of the melt season allows most glaciers to be...