Publications

Liu, JB; Li, YT; Yu, J; Yao, YJ (2022). Dynamic characteristics of snow frequency and its relationship with climate change on the Tibetan plateau from 2001 to 2015. EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATICS, 15(2), 1233-1247.

Abstract
Snow plays an important role in the cryosphere, due to its high surface albedo and its heat-insulation effect. Furthermore, snow strongly influences the energy exchange between land surface and atmosphere. It is one of the most widely distributed material and has the most significant seasonal and interannual variation in the global cryosphere. The total snow-cover area is about 1150 to 1260 km(2), which is about 23% of Earth's surface area. Due to its temperature sensitivity, snow also indicates climate change and has a feedback effect on climate. As an important input variable of the surface hydrological process and the energy-balance model, snow cover frequency (SCF) is central to the simulation of glacial and snow melt runoff and in the hydrologic process of downstream rivers. Accordingly, this paper studied the characteristics of SCF from 2001 to 2015, based on MOD10A2 products, and analyzed the relationship between SCF and metrological data derived from stations, in order to build a foundation for the analysis of climate change and its effects.

DOI:
10.1007/s12145-022-00805-8

ISSN:
1865-0481