Observed snow depth trends in the European Alps: 1971 to 2019

Matiu, Michael; Crespi, Alice; Bertoldi, Giacomo; Carmagnola, Carlo Maria; Marty, Christoph; Morin, Samuel; Schöner, Wolfgang; Cat Berro, Daniele; Chiogna, Gabriele; De Gregorio, Ludovica; Kotlarski, Sven; Majone, Bruno; Resch, Gernot; Terzago, Silvia; Valt, Mauro; Beozzo, Walter; Cianfarra, Paola; Gouttevin, Isabelle; Marcolini, Giorgia; Notarnicola, Claudia; Petitta, Marcello; Scherrer, Simon C.; Strasser, Ulrich; Winkler, Michael; Zebisch, Marc; Cicogna, Andrea; Cremonini, Roberto; Debernardi, Andrea; Faletto, Mattia; Gaddo, Mauro; Giovannini, Lorenzo; Mercalli, Luca; Soubeyroux, Jean-Michel; Sušnik, Andrea; Trenti, Alberto; Urbani, Stefano; Weilguni, Viktor

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1343-2021

Articles | Volume 15, issue 3

The Cryosphere, 15, 1343–1382, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1343-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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The Cryosphere, 15, 1343–1382, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1343-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 3

Research article 18 Mar 2021

Research article | 18 Mar 2021

Observed snow depth trends in the European Alps: 1971 to 2019

Michael Matiu et al.

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1343-2021-supplement

Data sets

Snow cover in the European Alps: Station observations of snow depth and depth of snowfall Michael Matiu, Alice Crespi, Giacomo Bertoldi, Carlo Maria Carmagnola, Christoph Marty, Samuel Morin, Wolfgang Schöner, Daniele Cat Berro, Gabriele Chiogna, Ludovica De Gregorio, Sven Kotlarski, Bruno Majone, Gernot Resch, Silvia Terzago, Mauro Valt, Walter Beozzo, Paola Cianfarra, Isabelle Gouttevin, Giorgia Marcolini, Claudia Notarnicola, Marcello Petitta, Simon Christian Scherrer, Ulrich Strasser, Michael Winkler, Marc Zebisch, Andrea Cicogna, Roberto Cremonini, Andrea Debernardi, Mattia Faletto, Mauro Gaddo, Lorenzo Giovannini, Luca Mercalli, Jean-Michel Soubeyroux, Andrea Sušnik, Alberto Trenti, Stefano Urbani, and Viktor Weilguni https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4064128

Model code and software

Snow cover in the European Alps: Station observations of snow depth and depth of snowfall Michael Matiu, Alice Crespi, Giacomo Bertoldi, Carlo Maria Carmagnola, Christoph Marty, Samuel Morin, Wolfgang Schöner, Daniele Cat Berro, Gabriele Chiogna, Ludovica De Gregorio, Sven Kotlarski, Bruno Majone, Gernot Resch, Silvia Terzago, Mauro Valt, Walter Beozzo, Paola Cianfarra, Isabelle Gouttevin, Giorgia Marcolini, Claudia Notarnicola, Marcello Petitta, Simon Christian Scherrer, Ulrich Strasser, Michael Winkler, Marc Zebisch, Andrea Cicogna, Roberto Cremonini, Andrea Debernardi, Mattia Faletto, Mauro Gaddo, Lorenzo Giovannini, Luca Mercalli, Jean-Michel Soubeyroux, Andrea Sušnik, Alberto Trenti, Stefano Urbani, and Viktor Weilguni https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4064128

Short summary

The first Alpine-wide assessment of station snow depth has been enabled by a collaborative effort of the research community which involves more than 30 partners, 6 countries, and more than 2000 stations. It shows how snow in the European Alps matches the climatic zones and gives a robust estimate of observed changes: stronger decreases in the snow season at low elevations and in spring at all elevations, however, with considerable regional differences.