[HTML][HTML] Snow hydrology in the Moroccan atlas mountains

L Hanich, A Chehbouni, S Gascoin, A Boudhar… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Atlas Mountains located in Morocco. Study focus Mountainous regions
constitute an area of water production, while water is used in downstream plains. In Central …

The application of SWAT model and remotely sensed products to characterize the dynamic of streamflow and snow in a mountainous watershed in the High Atlas

S Taia, L Erraioui, Y Arjdal, J Chao, B El Mansouri… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Snowfall, snowpack, and snowmelt are among the processes with the greatest influence on
the water cycle in mountainous watersheds. Hydrological models may be significantly …

High-resolution monitoring of the snow cover on the Moroccan Atlas through the spatio-temporal fusion of Landsat and Sentinel-2 images

M Bousbaa, A Htitiou, A Boudhar, Y Eljabiri… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mapping seasonal snow cover dynamics provides essential information to predict snowmelt
during spring and early summer. Such information is vital for water supply management and …

Impact of climate change on spatiotemporal patterns of snow hydrology: Conceptual frameworks, machine learning versus nested model

M Besharatifar, M Nasseri - Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2024 - Elsevier
Snow accumulation in mountainous watersheds plays a paramount role in the hydrological
cycle and environmental stability. In the current research, three different snow modeling …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of hydrological model performance in Morocco in relation to model structure and catchment characteristics

O Jaffar, A Hadri, KA Naceur, ME Saidi… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Study region 30 catchments in Morocco. Study focus We assessed the KGE performance of
eight monthly lumped hydrological models forced by ground-based rainfall observations. We …

Snow distribution patterns revisited: A physics‐based and machine learning hybrid approach to snow distribution mapping in the sub‐Arctic

RL Crumley, CL Bachand… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Snowpack distribution in Arctic and alpine landscapes often occurs in repeating, year‐to‐
year patterns due to local topographic, weather, and vegetation characteristics. Previous …

A method for robust estimation of snow seasonality metrics from Landsat and Sentinel-2 time series data over Atlas Mountains scale using Google Earth Engine

Y El Jabiri, A Boudhar, A Htitiou, EA Sproles… - Geocarto …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Seasonal snow cover provides the majority of freshwater supplies for human society and
natural ecosystems especially in semi-arid regions. For water resource managers, precise …

Snow lapse rate changes in the atlas mountain in Morocco based on MODIS time series during the period 2000–2016

A Marchane, A Boudhar, MW Baba, L Hanich… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The spatio-temporal distribution of snow cover metrics in a mountainous area is mainly
related to the climatic conditions as well as to the prevailing morphological conditions. The …

Scale Dependence of Errors in Snow Water Equivalent Simulations Using ERA5 Reanalysis over Alpine Basins

S Shrestha, M Zaramella, M Callegari, F Greifeneder… - Climate, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aims to evaluate the potential of ERA5 precipitation and temperature reanalysis
for snow water equivalent (SWE) simulation by considering the role of catchment spatial …

Water Resources Monitoring Over the Atlas Mountains in Morocco Using Satellite Observations and Reanalysis Data

A Boudhar, WM Baba, A Marchane, H Ouatiki… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Atlas Mountains cover a large area in the Moroccan territory, with an extent of
about 800 km in length and 60 km in large, including various summits above 3000 m of …