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Estimating the weight of a snow cover using only meteorological factors
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Shinojima, Kenji Harada, Hiroshi |
| Copyright Year | 1993 |
| Description | We compute the weight of the snow cover as a function of the daily quantity of precipitation and daily melting using only data from the Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System (AMeDAS), which is used widely in Japan. The correlation between long-term measurements and meteorological data in AMeDAS factors was computed by statistical methods from the Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute, Tokamachi Experiment Station, in Niigata Prefecture, using data for 11 winter seasons (1977–87). The daily quantity of melting is expressed with a three-day moving average of degree days. The coefficient of correlation between the daily groups of each value of the 1323 days during the 11 winter seasons was 0.986 with a standard deviation of ±590 Ν $m^{−2}$. Thus, if air temperature and precipitation can be obtained for an area, the weight of the snow cover can be estimated with confidence. |
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| Ending Page | 192 |
| Page Count | 3 |
| Starting Page | 190 |
| ISSN | 02603055 |
| e-ISSN | 17275644 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0260305500011484 |
| Journal | Annals of Glaciology |
| Volume Number | 18 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 1993-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Annals of Glaciology Snow Cover Meteorological Data |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Earth-Surface Processes |
