[HTML][HTML] Soil degradation in the European Mediterranean region: Processes, status and consequences

CSS Ferreira, S Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, G Destouni… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil, a non-renewable resource, sustains life on Earth by supporting around 95% of global
food production and providing ecosystem services such as biomass production, filtration of …

The seasonal snow cover dynamics: review on wind-driven coupling processes

R Mott, V Vionnet, T Grünewald - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The temporal evolution of seasonal snow cover and its spatial variability in environments
such as mountains, prairies or polar regions is strongly influenced by the interactions …

Recent waning snowpack in the Alps is unprecedented in the last six centuries

M Carrer, R Dibona, AL Prendin, M Brunetti - Nature Climate Change, 2023 - nature.com
Snow cover in high-latitude and high-altitude regions has strong effects on the Earth's
climate, environmental processes and socio-economic activities. Over the last 50 years, the …

Completing the machine learning saga in fractional snow cover estimation from MODIS Terra reflectance data: Random forests versus support vector regression

S Kuter - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
This study; i) investigates the suitability of two frequently employed machine learning
algorithms in remote sensing, namely, random forests (RFs) and support vector regression …

Ground-based evaluation of MODIS snow cover product V6 across China: Implications for the selection of NDSI threshold

H Zhang, F Zhang, G Zhang, T Che, W Yan… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The new MODIS daily NDSI snow cover product version 6 (V6) is released to replace V5
with significant revisions. This study evaluates, for the first time, the accuracy of product V6 …

Understanding snow hydrological processes through the lens of stable water isotopes

H Beria, JR Larsen, NC Ceperley… - Wiley …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Snowfall may have different stable isotopic compositions compared with rainfall, allowing its
contribution to potentially be tracked through the hydrological cycle. This review summarizes …

Performance assessment of optical satellite-based operational snow cover monitoring algorithms in forested landscapes

A Muhuri, S Gascoin, L Menzel… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Forest cover is a crucial factor that influences the performance of optical satellite-based
snow cover monitoring algorithms. However, evaluation of such algorithms in forested …

Time series trends of Landsat-based ET using automated calibration in METRIC and SEBAL: The Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

HH Jaafar, FA Ahmad - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Bekaa Valley in Lebanon currently hosts the highest number of refugees per
capita in the world. It is also the primary agricultural production area in the country …

Reviews and perspectives of high impact atmospheric processes in the Mediterranean

S Michaelides, T Karacostas, JL Sánchez, A Retalis… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Mediterranean region is a unique area characterized by a large spectrum of
atmospheric phenomena, some of which have a high impact on many aspects of human …

Flood risk management in arid and semi-arid areas: a comprehensive review of challenges, needs, and opportunities

S Nabinejad, H Schüttrumpf - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite water shortages and infrequent rainfall in arid and semi-arid areas, their recent
floods show that flooding tends to be more severe and life-threatening. However, flooding is …