LiDAR measurement of seasonal snow accumulation along an elevation gradient in the southern Sierra Nevada, California

We present results from snow-on and snow-off airborne-scanning LiDAR measurements over a 53 km<sup>2</sup> area in the southern Sierra Nevada. We found that snow depth as a function of elevation increased approximately 15 cm per 100 m, until reaching an elevation of 3300 m, where depth s...

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Main Authors: P. B. Kirchner, R. C. Bales, N. P. Molotch, J. Flanagan, Q. Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-10-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/18/4261/2014/hess-18-4261-2014.pdf