Evaluation of snow cover and snow depth on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau derived from passive microwave remote sensing

Dai, Liyun; Che, Tao; Ding, Yongjian; Hao, Xiaohua

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1933-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1933-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1933-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

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23 Aug 2017

Research article |

| 23 Aug 2017

Evaluation of snow cover and snow depth on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau derived from passive microwave remote sensing

Liyun Dai, Tao Che, Yongjian Ding, and Xiaohua Hao

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RC1: 'Interactive comment on tc-2016-262', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Jan 2017
- AC1: 'Evaluation of snow cover and snow depth on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau derived from passive microwave remote sensing', Tao Che, 08 Feb 2017
RC2: 'Review on “Evaluation of snow cover and snow depth on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau derived from passive microwave remote sensing”', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Feb 2017
- AC2: 'Evaluation of snow cover and snow depth on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau derived from passive microwave remote sensing', Tao Che, 22 Feb 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Tao Che on behalf of the Authors (10 Mar 2017) Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 May 2017) by Tingjun Zhang (deceased)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (18 May 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (19 May 2017)

ED: Publish as is (14 Jul 2017) by Tingjun Zhang (deceased)

AR by Tao Che on behalf of the Authors (16 Jul 2017)

Short summary

Snow depth over QTP plays a very important role in the climate and hydrological system, but there are uncertainties on the snow depth products derived from passive microwave remote sensing data. In this study, we evaluated the ability of passive microwave to detect snow cover and snow depth over QTP, presented the accuracy of passive microwave snow cover and snow depth products over QTP, and analyzed the possible reasons causing the uncertainties.