ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2020, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 164-175

Accuracy of reproduction of interannual variability of snow storages of the East European Plain by satellite data illustrated by the example of the GlobSnow (SWE) product

L.M. Kitaev 1 , T.B. Titkova 1 , D.V. Turkov 1 
1 Institute of Geography RAS, Moscow, Russia
Accepted: 10.02.2020
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2020-17-1-164-175
Peculiarities of reproducing the long-term variability of snow storages of the East European Plain by data recovered from satellite information were studied using the GlobSnow (SWE) product of the second version (European Space Agency) as an example. The variability of the recovered data is considered in comparison with the variability of the actual data of meteorological stations and the data calculated by the SPONSOR model (Institute of Geography RAS). The snow storages calculated according to the model and reconstructed from satellite information exceed the actual snow reserves, varying, however, in space according to the change of natural zones. the discrepancy regarding evidence remains high. Nevertheless, according to the developers, the tightness of the correlation between the calculated and actual data of the reference seasons and years is high, which, however, does not always ensure similar interannual variability of characteristics. The best coincidences of years with anomalous actual snow storages are noted for the characteristics calculated by the model, as well as in this case the similarity of the Fourier harmonics, especially for open spaces of forest-steppes and steppes.
Keywords: snow reserves, interannual and multi-year variability, actual and model data, satellite information
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