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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3195-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3195-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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21 Sep 2020
Research article |
| 21 Sep 2020
| 21 Sep 2020
How much snow falls in the world's mountains? A first look at mountain snowfall estimates in A-train observations and reanalyses
Anne Sophie Daloz
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, 53706 WI, USA
Center for Climatic Research (CCR), University of Wisconsin-Madison,
1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, 53706 WI, USA
Center for International Climate Research (CICERO),
Gaustadalleen 21, 0349, Oslo, Norway
Marian Mateling
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS), University of
Wisconsin-Madison,
1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, 53706 WI, USA
Tristan L'Ecuyer
Center for Climatic Research (CCR), University of Wisconsin-Madison,
1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, 53706 WI, USA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS), University of
Wisconsin-Madison,
1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, 53706 WI, USA
Mark Kulie
NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/Advanced Satellite Products Branch,
1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Norm B. Wood
Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, 53706 WI, USA
Mikael Durand
School of Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Ohio State University,
108 Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Rd, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
Melissa Wrzesien
Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
GESTAR, Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, Maryland 21046, USA
Camilla W. Stjern
Center for International Climate Research (CICERO),
Gaustadalleen 21, 0349, Oslo, Norway
Ashok P. Dimri
School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi, 110067, India
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Short summary
The total of snow that falls globally is a critical factor governing freshwater availability. To better understand how this resource is impacted by climate change, we need to know how reliable the current observational datasets for snow are. Here, we compare five datasets looking at the snow falling over the mountains versus the other continents. We show that there is a large consensus when looking at fractional contributions but strong dissimilarities when comparing magnitudes.
The total of snow that falls globally is a critical factor governing freshwater availability. To...
