Snow Hydrology

Snow Hydrology is the branch of hydrology concerned with the accumulation, properties, and hydrological processes of snow and ice in terrestrial water systems.

11.6K

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698.6K

Citations

20.5K

Authors

3.5K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

2.8K

Parents

Hydrology

Children

Avalanche HydrologyBlowing Snow TransportCryospheric Basin HydrologyFrozen Soil InteractionRain-on-snow EventsRain-on-snow ProcessesSeasonal Snow Cover DynamicsSnow AccumulationSnow Cover Remote SensingSnow Density

Publications

11.6K

Potential impacts of a warming climate on water availability in snow-dominated regions

T. P. Barnett, J. C. Adam, Dennis P. Lettenmaier · Nature · 2005 · 4.9K citations

Natural Resources, Hydrology, Physical Geography +16

Explicit Forecasts of Winter Precipitation Using an Improved Bulk Microphysics Scheme. Part II: Implementation of a New Snow Parameterization

Gregory Thompson, Paul R. Field, Roy Rasmussen et al. · Monthly Weather Review · 2008 · 3.2K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Meteorology +17

The Community Land Model Version 5: Description of New Features, Benchmarking, and Impact of Forcing Uncertainty

David M. Lawrence, Rosie A. Fisher, Charles D. Koven et al. · Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems · 2019 · 2.1K citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Earth Sciences, Hydrology +17

A Model for the Spectral Albedo of Snow. I: Pure Snow

W. J. Wiscombe, Stephen G. Warren · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1980 · 1.7K citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Radiation +14

Improvement and expansion of the Fmask algorithm: cloud, cloud shadow, and snow detection for Landsats 4–7, 8, and Sentinel 2 images

Zhe Zhu, Shixiong Wang, Curtis E. Woodcock · Remote Sensing of Environment · 2015 · 1.5K citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geoinformatics +17

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Authors

20.5K

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John W. Pomeroy
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
142 publications · 13.8K citations
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Michael Lehning
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
145 publications · 13.3K citations
65
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Glen E. Liston
Colorado State University, United States
91 publications · 10K citations
53
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Jürg Schweizer
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland
136 publications · 7.3K citations
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Jeff Dozier
University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
83 publications · 11.1K citations
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Venues

Water Resources Research
440 publications · 41K citations
108
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Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
JGR · 314 publications · 29.2K citations
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Hydrological Processes
471 publications · 32.6K citations
93
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Remote Sensing of Environment
247 publications · 28K citations
89
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Journal of Glaciology
466 publications · 25.8K citations
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See also Snow Hydrology
Core Processes	Snow Accumulation Snow Ablation Monitoring Snowmelt Runoff Snowpack Aging Sublimation Of Snow Refreezing In Snow
Modeling Approaches	Snow Surface Energy Balance Snow Density - Temperature Relationships Snow Pack Mass Balance Canopy Snow Interception Hydrological Response Units
Water Resource Impacts	Snow Water Equivalent Drought Reservoir Operations Groundwater Storage Soil Moisture Rain-on-snow Events Water Allocation
Measurement Methods	Capacitance Measurement Snow Pillows Airborne Lidar Ultrasonic Sensors Manual Snow Surveys Ground-penetrating Radar Lidar Remote Sensing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Surveying
Climatic Controls	Surface Energy Balance Snow Albedo Evolution Rain Partitioning Temperature Lapse Rates Wind Relative Humidity Solar Radiation Sublimation Of Snow Canopy Extent Longwave Radiation Land Surface Temperature Retrievals