Lidar snow cover studies on glaciers in the Ötztal Alps (Austria): comparison with snow depths calculated from GPR measurements

The storage of water within the seasonal snow cover is a substantial source of runoff in high mountain catchments. Information about the spatial distribution of snow accumulation is necessary for calibration and validation of hydro-meteorological models. Generally, only a small number of precipitat...

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Main Authors: K. Helfricht, M. Kuhn, M. Keuschnig, A. Heilig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-01-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/41/2014/tc-8-41-2014.pdf