Arctic Report Card 2020: Terrestrial Snow Cover

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• Alternative Title:
  Terrestrial Snow Cover
• Personal Author:
  Mudryk, Lawrence Elias ; Chereque, A. ; Brown, R. ; Derksen, C. ; Luojus, K. ; Decharme, B.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research ; University of Toronto. Department of Physics ; Ilmatieteen laitos (Finland) / Finnish Meteorological Institute
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)
• Description:
  Snow covers the Arctic land surface (land areas north of 60° N) for up to 9 months each year, and influences the surface energy budget, ground thermal regime, and freshwater budget of the Arctic (Brown et al. 2017). Snow also interacts with vegetation, affects biogeochemical activity, and influences migration and access to forage for wildlife, which impacts terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems (Callaghan et al. 2011). The assessment provided here is based on an ensemble of datasets derived from satellite observations and reconstructions of snow cover from snowpack models driven by atmospheric reanalyses. Collectively, this basis provides a reliable picture of Arctic snow cover variability over the last five decades.
• Keywords:
  Biogeochemistry Ecosystem Management Observation Satellites Snow Vegetation And Climate Water Ecosystem Management Vegetation And Climate
• Series:
  Arctic Report Card
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/p6ca-v923
• Document Type:
  Administrative Report
• Place as Subject:
  Siberia ; Eurasia ; Arctic regions
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:eac87868354295914ef38bc56a363d23eee5ee555592137f69c0ff6af126ccb3
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/27902/noaa_27902_DS1.pdf
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