Category: Snow

Introduction Is it true that you are wanting to get up tomorrow first thing and run outside to play in the snow as opposed to sitting in a homeroom or office? Winter storms some of the time bring about snow days, where the climate conditions make travel and openness to cold air excessively dangerous for…

A crazy Wednesday morning in the coldest month of the year, yes you guessed it right January. 8 am class and coming out of bed was the hardest thing to do. Multiple alarms rang trying to help me get to the class but of no use. Multiple thoughts rushed into my mind, totally confused with…

Describe the processes of snowmelt and examine their significance for the freshwater environment. Snow melt is an integral component of the hydrological cycle for many catchments across the Northern hemisphere where snow accumulation is greater and therefore the subsequent melting has a more important role in the hydrological cycle of these areas (Aygun, Kinnard, and…

If you are a resident of countries with snowfall in winter probably the bone-freezing cold may or may not be your favorite climate, but playing with snow and other entertainments involving snow is sure to be the fun part of it all. Very low temperatures cause snowfall, indicating a freezing cold climate. The layering of…

Snow cover mapping from space: Satellite-based snow cover mapping mostly depends on the spectral reflectance from the reflective spectrum (Dietz et al., 2012). Snow surface has high reflectance in the visible wavelength and very low reflectance at near-infrared wavelength. Reflectances from these two spectrum regions are often combined to detect snow presence, of which the…