Snow and glacier hydrology

Recent Research in Snow Hydrology

Recent work on snow pack energy exchange has involved detailed investigations on snow albedo and attempts to integrate energy energy balance calculations over drainage basins. Along with our better understanding of the electromagnetic properties of snow, research in remote sensing has become more focused toward estimation of snow pack properties. In snow metamorphism, analyses of the physical p...

Inversion of a glacier hydrology model

The subglacial hydrologic system exerts strong controls on the dynamics of the overlying ice, yet the parameters that govern the evolution of this system are not widely known or observable. To gain a better understanding of these parameters,we invert a spatially averagedmodel of subglacial hydrology from observations of ice surface velocity and outlet stream discharge at Kennicott Glacier, Wran...

Snow Avalanches, Ice Avalanches and Glacier Surges

Measuring Snow and Glacier Ice Properties from Satellite

Satellite remote sensing is a convenient tool for studying snow and glacier ice, allowing us to conduct research over large and otherwise inaccessible areas. This paper reviews various methods for measuring snow and glacier ice properties with satellite remote sensing. These methods have been improving with the use of new satellite sensors, like the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) during the las...

Snow and glacier investigations using hyperspectral data in the Himalaya

This article presents highlights of the research work done in hyperspectral remote sensing in the Himalayan cryosphere. Hyperspectral radiometric investigations conducted at different field locations of NW Himalaya and cold laboratory are discussed. Spectral signatures were collected for varying snow grain size, contamination, liquid water content, vegetation/soilmixed snow, glacier ice, morain...