Spatiotemporal distribution of seasonal snow water equivalent in High Mountain Asia from an 18-year Landsat–MODIS era snow reanalysis dataset
Abstract ∼ 500 m) and daily temporal resolution) over the joint Landsat–MODIS period covering water years (WYs) 2000–2017. 3 on average and ranges from 114 km3 (WY2001) to 227 km3 (WY2005) when assessed over 18 WYs. The most abundant snowpacks are found in the northwestern basins (e.g., Indus, Syr Darya and Amu Darya) that are mainly affected by the westerlies, accounting for around 66 % of total seasonal SWE volume. Seasonal snowpack in HMA is depicted by snow accumulating through October to March and April, typically peaking around April and depleting in July–October, with variations across basins and WYs. When examining the elevational distribution over the HMA domain, seasonal SWE volume peaks at mid-elevations (around 3500 m), with over 50 % of the volume stored above 3500 m. Above-average amounts of precipitation causes significant overall increase in SWE volumes across all elevations, while an increase in air temperature (∼ 1.5 K) from cooler to normal conditions leads to an redistribution in snow storage from lower elevations to mid-elevations. This work brings new insight into understanding the climatology and variability of seasonal snowpack over HMA, with the regional snow reanalysis constrained by remote-sensing data, providing a new reference dataset for future studies of seasonal snow and how it contributes to the water cycle and climate over the HMA region.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Englisch
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Spatiotemporal distribution of seasonal snow water equivalent in High Mountain Asia from an 18-year Landsat–MODIS era snow reanalysis dataset ; volume:15 ; number:11 ; year:2021 ; pages:5261-5280 ; extent:20
The Cryosphere ; 15, Heft 11 (2021), 5261-5280 (gesamt 20)
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Liu, Yufei
Fang, Yiwen
Margulis, Steven A.
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10.5194/tc-15-5261-2021
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021120204435689103719
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Fang, Yiwen
- Margulis, Steven A.
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