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Snow Distribution in Relation to Solar Radiation on Two Swiss Pre‐Alp Watersheds
Author(s) -
Meiman James R.,
Remmenga E.,
Keller H.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr007i006p01636
Subject(s) - snowpack , snow , radiation , environmental science , transect , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , geology , geography , optics , physics , oceanography
The differences in the water equivalent of snow on 15 transects at mid‐March are closely related to estimated differences in potential solar beam radiation. Only slight improvement results from refining the radiation estimates to account for shading, clouds, and diffuse and reflected radiation. For 1967‐1969, 79% of the variance is associated with estimated global radiation. The results suggest that estimates of solar radiation can be useful for extrapolating snowpack water equivalent measurements over watersheds in which differential ablation is the chief cause of areal variation.