How much snow falls in the world's mountains? A first look at mountain snowfall estimates in A-train observations and reanalyses
<p>CloudSat estimates that 1773 km<span class="inline-formula"><sup>3</sup></span> of snow falls, on average, each year over the world's mountains. This amounts to 5 % of the global snowfall accumulations. This study synthetizes moun...
Main Authors: | A. S. Daloz, M. Mateling, T. L'Ecuyer, M. Kulie, N. B. Wood, M. Durand, M. Wrzesien, C. W. Stjern, A. P. Dimri |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2020-09-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/3195/2020/tc-14-3195-2020.pdf |
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