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Articles | Volume 19, issue 11
Articles | Volume 19, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-5671-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-5671-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 11
Review article
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13 Nov 2025
Review article |  | 13 Nov 2025

Review article: using spaceborne lidar for snow depth retrievals: recent findings and utility for hydrologic applications

Zachary Fair, Carrie Vuyovich, Thomas Neumann, Justin Pflug, David Shean, Ellyn M. Enderlin, Karina Zikan, Hannah Besso, Jessica Lundquist, Cesar Deschamps-Berger, and Désirée Treichler

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Lidar is commonly used to measure snow over global water reservoirs. However, ground-based and airborne lidar surveys are expensive, so satellite-based methods are needed. In this review, we outline the latest research using satellite-based lidar to monitor snow. Best practices for lidar-based snow monitoring are given, as is a discussion on challenges in this field of research.
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