This review surveys current and emerging drought monitoring approaches using satellite
remote sensing observations from climatological and ecosystem perspectives. We argue …

The use of satellite remote sensing for the mapping of snow-cover characteristics has a long-
lasting history reaching back until the 1960s. Because snow cover plays an important role in …

Seasonal snow is an essential water resource in many mountain regions. However, the
spatio-temporal variability in mountain snow depth or snow water equivalent (SWE) at …

Groundwater plays a critical role in the global water cycle and is the drinking source for
almost half of the world's population. However, exact quantification of its storage change …

The surface of ice exhibits the swath of phase-transition phenomena common to all
materials and as such it acts as an ideal test bed of both theory and experiment. It is readily …

Nine gridded Northern Hemisphere snow water equivalent (SWE) products were evaluated
as part of the European Space Agency (ESA) Satellite Snow Product Intercomparison and …

Snow is an important component of the climate system and a critical storage component in
the hydrologic cycle. However, in situ observations of snow distribution are sparse, and …

Estimating the spatial distribution of snow water equivalent (SWE) in mountainous terrain is
currently the most important unsolved problem in snow hydrology. Several methods can …

Snow is an important component of the hydrological cycle. As a major part of the cryosphere,
snow cover also represents a valuable terrestrial water resource. In the context of climate …

In this study, we report on the spatial and temporal distribution of seasonal snow depth
derived from passive microwave satellite remote-sensing data (eg SMMR from 1978 to 1987 …