Application of the MODIS “snow cover” product for identification of the snow cover pattern in Gis-Baikal region

E. A. Istomina; E. V. Maksyutova

doi:10.15356/2076-6734-2014-1-66-72

Application of the MODIS “snow cover” product for identification of the snow cover pattern in Gis-Baikal region

E. A. Istomina, E. V. Maksyutova

https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2014-1-66-72

Abstract

Validation of remote sensing data MODIS «snow cover» in the period from September to May 2000/01, 2007/08, 2008/09 is realized on the base of weather stations data. Good repeatability of weather stations data and snow cover data is shown (more than 80% when snow depth is exceeds 2 cm). The minimum accuracy is in May and October for the variety of snowfall winters. Remote sensing data give possibility to extend the dot information of hydrometeorological stations network on the spatial snow distribution to the mountainous area of Predbajkalje where ground-based observations are absent. According to remote sensing earlier appearance and later melting of snow in mountain areas were identified. The plains and basins areas are characterized by later appearance and earlier melting of snow.

Keywords

MODIS «snow cover», snow appearance and melt, snow depth, space images, stable snow cover, validation, weather stations data,

About the Authors

E. A. Istomina

Sochava Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk
Russian Federation

E. V. Maksyutova

Sochava Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk
Russian Federation

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For citation: Istomina E.A., Maksyutova E.V. Application of the MODIS “snow cover” product for identification of the snow cover pattern in Gis-Baikal region. Ice and Snow. 2014;54(1):66-72. https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2014-1-66-72

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