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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-143-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-143-2020
Research article
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13 Jan 2020
Research article |  | 13 Jan 2020

Processes governing snow ablation in alpine terrain – detailed measurements from the Canadian Rockies

Michael Schirmer and John W. Pomeroy

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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.
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