Theoretical analysis of errors when estimating snow distribution through point measurements

Trujillo, E.; Lehning, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1249-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1249-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1249-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 3

Research article

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19 Jun 2015

Research article |

| 19 Jun 2015

Theoretical analysis of errors when estimating snow distribution through point measurements

E. Trujillo and M. Lehning

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RC C12: 'Application of geostatistics', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Jan 2015
- AC C337: 'Response to Reviewer 1's comments', Ernesto Trujillo, 07 Apr 2015
RC C78: 'Review comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Feb 2015
- AC C338: 'Response to Reviewer 2's comments', Ernesto Trujillo, 07 Apr 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Ernesto Trujillo on behalf of the Authors (07 Apr 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Apr 2015) by Ross Brown

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (21 Apr 2015)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (11 May 2015) by Ross Brown

AR by Ernesto Trujillo on behalf of the Authors (19 May 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 May 2015) by Ross Brown

AR by Ernesto Trujillo on behalf of the Authors (26 May 2015)

Short summary

In this article, we present a methodology for the objective evaluation of the error in capturing mean snow depths from point measurements. We demonstrate, using LIDAR snow depths, how the model can be used for assisting the design of survey strategies such that the error is minimized or an estimation threshold is achieved. Furthermore, the model can be extended to other spatially distributed snow variables (e.g., SWE) whose statistical properties are comparable to those of snow depth.