Snow hydrology in Mediterranean mountain regions: A review

A Fayad, S Gascoin, G Faour, JI López-Moreno… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Water resources in Mediterranean regions are under increasing pressure due to climate
change, economic development, and population growth. Many Mediterranean rivers have …

Accuracy assessment of the MODIS snow products

DK Hall, GA Riggs - Hydrological Processes: An International …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
A suite of Moderate‐Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snow products at
various spatial and temporal resolutions from the Terra satellite has been available since …

The decreasing albedo of the Zhadang glacier on western Nyainqentanglha and the role of light-absorbing impurities

B Qu, J Ming, SC Kang, GS Zhang, YW Li… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
A large change in albedo has a significant effect on glacier ablation. Atmospheric aerosols–
eg black carbon (BC) and dust–can reduce the albedo of glaciers and thus contribute to their …

Global patterns of shallow groundwater temperatures

SA Benz, P Bayer, P Blum - Environmental Research Letters, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Only meters below our feet, shallow aquifers serve as sustainable energy source and
provide freshwater storage and ecological habitats. All of these aspects are crucially …

Estimating glacier mass balance in High Mountain Asia based on Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer retrieved surface albedo from 2000 to 2020

Y Xiao, CQ Ke, Y Fan, X Shen… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glacier surface albedo is a key parameter of the glacier mass and energy balance process.
Many scholars have used the albedo method to study mass balance for an individual …

Modelling and forecasting snowmelt runoff process using the HBV model in the eastern part of Turkey

AA Şorman, A Şensoy, AE Tekeli… - Hydrological …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Snowmelt runoff in the mountainous eastern part of Turkey is of great importance as it
constitutes 60–70% in volume of the total yearly runoff during spring and early summer …

Widespread Albedo Decreasing and Induced Melting of Himalayan Snow and Ice in the Early 21st Century

J Ming, Y Wang, Z Du, T Zhang, W Guo, C Xiao, X Xu… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background The widely distributed glaciers in the greater Himalayan region have generally
experienced rapid shrinkage since the 1850s. As invaluable sources of water and because …

MODIS Land Surface Temperature as an index of surface air temperature for operational snowpack estimation

E Shamir, KP Georgakakos - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
Regional operational modeling systems that support forecasters for the real-time warning of
flash flood events often suffer from lack of adequate real-time surface air temperature data to …

Annual glacier-wide mass balance (2000–2016) of the interior Tibetan Plateau reconstructed from MODIS albedo products

Z Zhang, L Jiang, L Liu, Y Sun, H Wang - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Glaciers in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) play a crucial role in regulating agriculture irrigation,
river discharge and the regional/global climate system. However, mass balance records of …

Commentary on comparison of MODIS snow cover and albedo products with ground observations over the mountainous terrain of Turkey

AÜ Şorman, Z Akyürek, A Şensoy… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2007 - hess.copernicus.org
The MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snow cover product was
evaluated by Parajka and Blösch (2006) over the territory of Austria. The spatial and …