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Changing Arctic Snow Cover: A Review of Recent Developments and Assessment of Future Needs for Observations, Modelling, and ImpactsSnow is a critically important and rapidly changing feature of the Arctic. However, snow-cover and snowpack conditions change through time pose challenges for measuring and prediction of snow. Plausible scenarios of how Arctic snow cover will respond to changing Arctic climate are important for impact assessments and adaptation strategies. Although much progress has been made in understanding and predicting snow-cover changes and their multiple consequences, many uncertainties remain. In this paper, we review advances in snow monitoring and modelling, and the impact of snow changes on ecosystems and society in Arctic regions. Interdisciplinary activities are required to resolve the current limitations on measuring and modelling snow characteristics through the cold season and at different spatial scales to assure human well-being, economic stability, and improve the ability to predict manage and adapt to natural hazards in the Arctic region.


Document ID
20160005213
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Bokhorst, Stef
(Vrije Univ. Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Pedersen, Stine Hojlund
(Aarhus Univ. Denmark)
Brucker, Ludovic
(Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Anisimov, Oleg
(State Hydrological Inst. Russian Federation)
Bjerke, Jarle W.
(Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Trondheim, Norway)
Brown, Ross D.
(Environment Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Ehrich, Dorothee
(Tromsoe Univ. Norway)
Essery, Richard L. H.
(Edinburgh Univ. United Kingdom)
Heilig, Achim
(Heidelberg Univ. Heidelberg, Germany)
Ingvander, Susanne
(Stockholm Univ. Sweden)
Johansson, Cecilia
(Uppsala Univ. Uppsala, Sweden)
Johansson, Margareta
(Lund Univ. Sweden)
Jonsdottir, Svala Ingibjorg
(University Courses on Svalbard Longyearbyen, Norway)
Inga, Niila
Luojus, Kari
(Finnish Meteorological Inst. Helsinki, Finland)
Macelloni, Giovanni
(National Research Council Pisa, Italy)
Mariash, Heather
(Environment Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
McLennan, Donald
(Canadian High Arctic Research Station Canada)
Rosqvist, Gunhild Ninis
(Stockholm Univ. Sweden)
Sato, Atsushi
(National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Boulder, CO, United States)
Savela, Hannele
(Oulu Univ. Finland)
Schneebeli, Martin
(Swiss Federal Inst. for Snow and Avalanche Research Dorf, Switzerland)
Sokolov, Aleksandr
(Academy of Sciences (USSR) Perm, Russian Federation)
Sokratov, Sergey A.
(Moscow State Univ. Russian Federation)
Terzago, Silivia
(Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC) Bologna, Italy)
Vikhamar-Schuler, Dagrun
(Norwegian Meteorological Inst. Oslo, Norway)
Williamson, Scott
(Alberta Univ. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Qui, Yubao
(Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat Geneva, Switzerland)
Callaghan, Terry V.
(Lund Univ. Sweden)
Date Acquired
April 20, 2016
Publication Date
March 17, 2016
Publication Information
Publication: Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment
Publisher: Springer
Volume: 45
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0044-7447
e-ISSN: 1654-7209
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN31474
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG11HP16A
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
climate change
ecosystem
snow

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