Exploring the use of multi-source high-resolution satellite data for snow water equivalent reconstruction over mountainous catchments

Premier, Valentina; Marin, Carlo; Bertoldi, Giacomo; Barella, Riccardo; Notarnicola, Claudia; Bruzzone, Lorenzo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2387-2023

Articles | Volume 17, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2387-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2387-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 6

Research article

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21 Jun 2023

Research article |

| 21 Jun 2023

Exploring the use of multi-source high-resolution satellite data for snow water equivalent reconstruction over mountainous catchments

Valentina Premier, Carlo Marin, Giacomo Bertoldi, Riccardo Barella, Claudia Notarnicola, and Lorenzo Bruzzone

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2387-2023-supplement

Data sets

Snow Water Equivalent Dataset for the South Fork of the San Joaquin River (2018/2021) and Senales (2019/2021) (Version v0) Valentina Premier, Carlo Marin, Giacomo Bertoldi, Riccardo Barella, Claudia Notarnicola, and Lorenzo Bruzzone https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8036793

Short summary

The large amount of information regularly acquired by satellites can provide important information about SWE. We explore the use of multi-source satellite data, in situ observations, and a degree-day model to reconstruct daily SWE at 25 m. The results show spatial patterns that are consistent with the topographical features as well as with a reference product. Being able to also reproduce interannual variability, the method has great potential for hydrological and ecological applications.