Snow cover anomalies from 2000 to 2014: highlight of two exceptional years over Europe
(2015) IGARSS 2015 — Location: Milan (13.July.2015)
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- Snow covers soil and plants several months per year over large parts of Eurasia and North America [1]. This seasonal phenomenon, like many other climatic phenomena, has large impacts on the environment and on ecosystem processes [2]. Snow melt provides water for many mid latitude populations [3] and the freshwater discharge into the ocean modulates ocean circulation [4]. Snow also influences plants and animals species. The population dynamic of different animal species, such small rodents [5] or butterflies [6] can be influenced by snow. In this context, a broad range of users need snow cover information in order to better understand its impacts on the environment. Within the LifeWatch Infrastructure (European Infrastructure Consortium for biodiversity and ecosystem research), we aim to provide meaningful information to the research communities about biodiversity and ecosystems. The objective of this study is to extract metrics and anomalies related to the snow cover in Europe based on remote sensing instead of interpolated meteorological data.
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Rousseau, C., Radoux, J., De Maet, T., Lamarche, C., & Defourny, P. (2015). Snow cover anomalies from 2000 to 2014: highlight of two exceptional years over Europe. IEEE. Published. IGARSS 2015, Milan. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/221798