Dear Cryolist members,
Please consider submitting an abstract to our session at the AGU Fall Meeting entitled "A half century of satellite snow cover extent mapping over Northern Hemisphere lands".
Session ID#: 13204
Session Description:
Fall 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of continuous satellite mapping of snow cover extent (SCE) over Northern Hemisphere lands. NOAA has produced the primary dataset throughout this time, in recent years in cooperation with the US Navy and Coast Guard. Throughout the half century, trained analysts have primarily employed visible satellite imagery and interactive means of mapping the SCE on weekly (1966-1999) and daily (1999-present) bases. The dataset has been carefully evaluated over the years to ensure the best possible continuity in what has emerged as a primary satellite climate data record (CDR). In fact, this CDR is the longest, continuous satellite-derived environmental record in existence. This session will include contributions that discuss the history of the mapping program, trends and variability in SCE over the decades gleaned from the maps, and the utilization of this CDR in numerous climate studies.
Primary Convener: David A Robinson, Rutgers University
Conveners: Sean Helfrich, National Ice Center, Gina R Henderson, United States Naval Academy, and Thomas L Mote, University of Georgia
The deadline of the abstract submission is August 3, 2016
(http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2016/abstract-submissions/).
Thanks,
Dave Robinson
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Dr. David A. Robinson
Professor, Department of Geography
Rutgers University
54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8054
voice: 848-445-4741
fax: 732-445-0006
email: david.robinson@rutgers.edu
http://snowcover.org
