Snow cover data management: the role of WDC-A for Glaciology |
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| Authors: | F NAEF |
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| Institution: | Laboratory of Hydraulics , Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zentrum , CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT Up to now the study of snow cover conditions has been carried out on a local or regional scale. Research is hindered because the data are not even homogeneous in different countries. As a contribution to the assembly of such data, WDC-A for Glaciology has initiated an inventory of the observational methods and variables measured. Further, a Cryospheric Data Management System is being developed which will enable snow cover maps to be constructed, for example, using passive microwave data from the US DMSP satellite. |
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