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Articles | Volume 20, issue 4
Articles | Volume 20, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-2169-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-2169-2026
Copyright waived. This work has been dedicated to the public domain (Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication).
Articles | Volume 20, issue 4
Brief communication
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17 Apr 2026
Brief communication |  | 17 Apr 2026

Evaluating snow depth measurements from ground-penetrating radar and airborne lidar in boreal forest and tundra environments during the NASA SnowEx 2023 campaign

Kajsa Holland-Goon, Randall Bonnell, Daniel McGrath, W. Brad Baxter, Tate Meehan, Ryan Webb, Christopher F. Larsen, Hans-Peter Marshall, Megan Mason, and Carrie Vuyovich

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As part of the NASA SnowEx23 campaign, we conducted detailed snowpack experiments in Alaska's boreal forests and Arctic tundra. We collected ground-penetrating radar measurements of snow depth along 44 short transects. We then excavated the snowpack from below the transects and measured snow depth, noting any vegetation and void spaces. We used the detailed in situ measurements to evaluate uncertainties in ground-penetrating radar and airborne lidar methods for snow depth retrieval.
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