Why Do Global Reanalyses and Land Data Assimilation Products Underestimate Snow Water Equivalent?

There is a large uncertainty of snow water equivalent (SWE) in reanalyses and the Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS), but the primary reason for this uncertainty remains unclear. Here several reanalysis products and GLDAS with different land models are evaluated and the primary reason for...

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Main Authors: Broxton, Patrick D., Zeng, Xubin, Dawson, Nicholas
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Dept Hydrol & Atmospher Sci
Language:en
Published: AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622474
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/622474