Onset of south summer snowmelt on Antarctic sea ice between 1988 and 2007

The annual onset of snowmelt on sea ice is essential for climate monitoring since it triggers a decrease in surface albedo that feeds back into a stronger absorption of shortwave radiation - a process known as the snowmelt-albedo feedback - and thus strongly modifies the surface energy balance during summer. Algorithms designed for the detection of snowmelt on Arctic sea ice and based on longterm passive-microwave data revealed the melt season in the Arctic from 1979 to 1998 to be significantly elongated and the onset of melt to be shifted toward earlier dates.

Standard project storm precipitation and snowmelt temperature criteria for the 9,570-square mile Clearwater River drainage above Spaulding, Idaho /

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Use of environmental satellite data for input to energy balance snowmelt models /

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Basin rainfall and snowmelt computation : Hydrologic Engineering Center computer program 23-J2-L226.

At head of cover title: Generalized computer program.