Primary Convener:
Joachim Meyer, Boise State University

Convener:
Jack Tarricone, University of Nevada, Reno
J Hu, University of Utah
Ross Palomaki, University of Colorado Boulder

Chair:
Ross Palomaki, University of Colorado Boulder
J Hu, University of Utah

Monitoring snow water equivalent (SWE) in global seasonal snowpacks at daily repeat cycles remains an unsolved challenge in hydrology. The extent and magnitude of seasonal snowpacks are decreasing globally, even as populations continue to increase demand from these natural reservoirs. Additional snow properties such as depth or albedo provide critical information for research and management applications. This session will focus on remote sensing of seasonal snow and snow properties from spaceborne, airborne (crewed/uncrewed aircraft), and ground-based platforms. We especially welcome presentations emphasizing techniques for wet snow, a pressing challenge in our changing cryosphere. Other topics include instrument and platform development, new and historical observations, analysis methods and techniques, scientific and operational applications, and model integration and validation. We encourage submissions of different sensor types (e.g., radar, lidar, optical), techniques (e.g., imaging spectroscopy, photogrammetry, interferometry) and applications to retrieve snow properties at various spatial scales in all regions across the planet.

Index Terms
0736 Snow
0758 Remote sensing
0770 Properties
0794 Instruments and techniques

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering

Cross-Listed:
H - Hydrology