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12 Apr 2018
Research article |
| 12 Apr 2018
| 12 Apr 2018
Estimating the snow water equivalent on a glacierized high elevation site (Forni Glacier, Italy)
Antonella Senese
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Università degli
Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Maurizio Maugeri
Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Università degli
Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Eraldo Meraldi
ARPA Lombardia, Centro Nivometeorologico di Bormio, Bormio, Italy
Gian Pietro Verza
Ev-K2-CNR – Pakistan, Italian K2 Museum Skardu Gilgit Baltistan,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Roberto Sergio Azzoni
Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Università degli
Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Chiara Compostella
Department of Earth Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano,
Milan, Italy
Guglielmina Diolaiuti
Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Università degli
Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- High-resolution high-accuracy orthophoto map and digital surface model of Forni Glacier tongue (Central Italian Alps) from UAV photogrammetry V. Belloni et al. 10.1080/17445647.2023.2217508
- Annual Glacier-Wide Mass Balance (2000–2016) of the Interior Tibetan Plateau Reconstructed from MODIS Albedo Products Z. Zhang et al. 10.3390/rs10071031
- The non-woven geotextiles as strategies for mitigating the impacts of climate change on glaciers A. Senese et al. 10.1016/j.coldregions.2020.103007
- Bacterial diversity in snow from mid-latitude mountain areas: Alps, Eastern Anatolia, Karakoram and Himalaya R. Azzoni et al. 10.1017/aog.2018.18
- Enhanced Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on Forest: The Upper Valtellina (Italy) Case Study B. Barbagallo et al. 10.3390/rs16193692
- Geometric Model of GNSS-MR Snow Depth Retrieval Under Terrain Slope and Undulation X. Wang et al. 10.1109/TGRS.2025.3584087
- The Role of E-Bike in Discovering Geodiversity and Geoheritage A. Senese et al. 10.3390/su15064979
- Cryotic climate conditions and their eventual implication in the high-mountain surface of the Nevado de Toluca volcano, Mexico V. Soto 10.1007/s11629-021-6740-4
- Rescue and homogenization of 140 years of glacier mass balance data in Switzerland L. Geibel et al. 10.5194/essd-14-3293-2022
- Land-Use Improvements in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model over Complex Mountainous Terrain and Comparison of Different Grid Sizes A. Golzio et al. 10.1007/s10546-021-00617-1
- Nossana Spring (Northern Italy) under Climate Change: Projections of Future Discharge Rates and Water Availability A. Citrini et al. 10.3390/w12020387
- New evidence of glacier darkening in the Ortles-Cevedale group from Landsat observations D. Fugazza et al. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.04.014
- Comparing Measured Incoming Shortwave and Longwave Radiation on a Glacier Surface with Estimated Records from Satellite and Off-Glacier Observations: A Case Study for the Forni Glacier, Italy A. Senese et al. 10.3390/rs12223719
- Comparison of manual snow water equivalent (SWE) measurements: seeking the reference for a true SWE value in a boreal biome M. Beaudoin-Galaise & S. Jutras 10.5194/tc-16-3199-2022
- MOUNTAINPLAST: A New Italian Plastic Footprint with a Focus on Mountain Activities A. Senese et al. 10.3390/su15087017
- Glaciological and meteorological investigations of an Alpine debris-covered glacier: the case study of Amola Glacier (Italy) D. Fugazza et al. 10.1016/j.coldregions.2023.104008
- Ecological interactions in glacier environments: a review of studies on a model Alpine glacier A. Crosta et al. 10.1111/brv.13138
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Short summary
We present and compare 11 years of snow data measured by an automatic weather station and corroborated by data from field campaigns on the Forni Glacier in Italy. The methodology we present is interesting for remote locations such as glaciers or high alpine regions, as it makes it possible to estimate the total snow water equivalent (SWE) using a relatively inexpensive, low-power, low-maintenance, and reliable instrument such as the sonic ranger.
We present and compare 11 years of snow data measured by an automatic weather station and...
