Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2629-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2629-2023
Research article
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06 Jul 2023
Research article |  | 06 Jul 2023

How do tradeoffs in satellite spatial and temporal resolution impact snow water equivalent reconstruction?

Edward H. Bair, Jeff Dozier, Karl Rittger, Timbo Stillinger, William Kleiber, and Robert E. Davis

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on tc-2022-230', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Mar 2023
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Edward Bair, 01 May 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on tc-2022-230', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Mar 2023
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Edward Bair, 01 May 2023

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (30 May 2023) by Marie Dumont
AR by Edward Bair on behalf of the Authors (02 Jun 2023)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Jun 2023) by Marie Dumont
RR by Simon Gascoin (08 Jun 2023)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (09 Jun 2023) by Marie Dumont
AR by Edward Bair on behalf of the Authors (09 Jun 2023)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
To test the title question, three snow cover products were used in a snow model. Contrary to previous work, higher-spatial-resolution snow cover products only improved the model accuracy marginally. Conclusions are as follows: (1) snow cover and albedo from moderate-resolution sensors continue to provide accurate forcings and (2) finer spatial and temporal resolutions are the future for Earth observations, but existing moderate-resolution sensors still offer value.