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Research article
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18 Jul 2016
Research article |
| 18 Jul 2016
Design of a scanning laser meter for monitoring the spatio-temporal evolution of snow depth and its application in the Alps and in Antarctica
Ghislain Picard
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
UGA/CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE) UMR 5183, Grenoble, 38041, France
ACE CRC, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 80, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
Laurent Arnaud
UGA/CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE) UMR 5183, Grenoble, 38041, France
Jean-Michel Panel
Météo-France – CNRS, CNRM UMR 3589, Centre d'Études de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Samuel Morin
Météo-France – CNRS, CNRM UMR 3589, Centre d'Études de la Neige, Grenoble, France
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16 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Evaluating sensitivity of optical snow grain size retrievals to radiative transfer models, shape parameters, and inversion techniques J. Dillon et al.
- Review of Earth science research using terrestrial laser scanning J. Telling et al.
- Local-scale deposition of surface snow on the Greenland ice sheet A. Zuhr et al.
- Influence of snow surface properties on L-band brightness temperature at Dome C, Antarctica M. Leduc-Leballeur et al.
- Investigation of a wind-packing event in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica C. Sommer et al.
- Snow accumulation and ablation measurements in a midlatitude mountain coniferous forest (Col de Porte, France, 1325 m altitude): the Snow Under Forest (SnoUF) field campaign data set J. Sicart et al.
- European In-Situ Snow Measurements: Practices and Purposes R. Pirazzini et al.
- Time‐Lapse Photogrammetry of Distributed Snow Depth During Snowmelt S. Filhol et al.
- Towards Operational Fiducial Reference Measurement (FRM) Data for the Calibration and Validation of the Sentinel-3 Surface Topography Mission over Inland Waters, Sea Ice, and Land Ice E. Da Silva et al.
- 57 years (1960–2017) of snow and meteorological observations from a mid-altitude mountain site (Col de Porte, France, 1325 m of altitude) Y. Lejeune et al.
- Full Winter Season Measurement of Snowpack Height and Backscattering Coefficient Using a 120-GHz Ultrawideband FMCW Radar V. Herráiz-López et al.
- Observation of the process of snow accumulation on the Antarctic Plateau by time lapse laser scanning G. Picard et al.
- Archival processes of the water stable isotope signal in East Antarctic ice cores M. Casado et al.
- Low Cost and Compact FMCW 24 GHz Radar Applications for Snowpack and Ice Thickness Measurements P. Pomerleau et al.
- Why do the dark and light ogives of Forbes bands have similar surface mass balances? C. VINCENT et al.
- Water Isotopic Signature of Surface Snow Metamorphism in Antarctica M. Casado et al.
16 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Evaluating sensitivity of optical snow grain size retrievals to radiative transfer models, shape parameters, and inversion techniques J. Dillon et al.
- Review of Earth science research using terrestrial laser scanning J. Telling et al.
- Local-scale deposition of surface snow on the Greenland ice sheet A. Zuhr et al.
- Influence of snow surface properties on L-band brightness temperature at Dome C, Antarctica M. Leduc-Leballeur et al.
- Investigation of a wind-packing event in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica C. Sommer et al.
- Snow accumulation and ablation measurements in a midlatitude mountain coniferous forest (Col de Porte, France, 1325 m altitude): the Snow Under Forest (SnoUF) field campaign data set J. Sicart et al.
- European In-Situ Snow Measurements: Practices and Purposes R. Pirazzini et al.
- Time‐Lapse Photogrammetry of Distributed Snow Depth During Snowmelt S. Filhol et al.
- Towards Operational Fiducial Reference Measurement (FRM) Data for the Calibration and Validation of the Sentinel-3 Surface Topography Mission over Inland Waters, Sea Ice, and Land Ice E. Da Silva et al.
- 57 years (1960–2017) of snow and meteorological observations from a mid-altitude mountain site (Col de Porte, France, 1325 m of altitude) Y. Lejeune et al.
- Full Winter Season Measurement of Snowpack Height and Backscattering Coefficient Using a 120-GHz Ultrawideband FMCW Radar V. Herráiz-López et al.
- Observation of the process of snow accumulation on the Antarctic Plateau by time lapse laser scanning G. Picard et al.
- Archival processes of the water stable isotope signal in East Antarctic ice cores M. Casado et al.
- Low Cost and Compact FMCW 24 GHz Radar Applications for Snowpack and Ice Thickness Measurements P. Pomerleau et al.
- Why do the dark and light ogives of Forbes bands have similar surface mass balances? C. VINCENT et al.
- Water Isotopic Signature of Surface Snow Metamorphism in Antarctica M. Casado et al.
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Short summary
A cost-effective automatic laser scan has been built to measure snow depth spatio-temporal variations. Deployed in the Alps and in Dome C (Antarctica), two devices acquired daily scans covering a surface area of 100–150 m2. The precision and long-term stability of the measurements are about 1 cm and the accuracy is better than 5 cm. These high performances are particularly suited at Dome C, where it was possible to reveal that most of the accumulation in the year 2015 stems from a single event.
A cost-effective automatic laser scan has been built to measure snow depth spatio-temporal...
