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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-143-2020
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Research article
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13 Jan 2020
Research article |
| 13 Jan 2020
| 13 Jan 2020
Processes governing snow ablation in alpine terrain – detailed measurements from the Canadian Rockies
Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
John W. Pomeroy
Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Short summary
The spatial distribution of snow water equivalent (SWE) and melt are important for hydrological applications in alpine terrain. We measured the spatial distribution of melt using a drone in very high resolution and could relate melt to topographic characteristics. Interestingly, melt and SWE were not related spatially, which influences the speed of areal melt out. We could explain this by melt varying over larger distances than SWE.
The spatial distribution of snow water equivalent (SWE) and melt are important for hydrological...
