Snowpack variability across various spatio‐temporal resolutions

This study was supported by the research projects Hidrologia nival en el Pirineo Central Espanol: Variabilidad espacial, importancia hidrologica y respuesta a la variabilidad y cambio climatico (CGL2011-27536/HID, Hidronieve) and CGL2011-27753-C02-01, financed by the Spanish Commission of Science and Technology and FEDER; CTTP1/12 ‘Creacion de un modelo de alta resolucion espacial para cuantificar la esquiabilidad y la afluencia turistica en el Pirineo bajo distintos escenarios de cambio climatico’, financed by the Comunidad de Trabajo de los Pirineos; and 844/2013 ‘El glaciar de Monte Perdido: Monitorizacion y estudio de su dinamica actual y procesos criosfericos asociados como indicadores de procesos de cambio global’, financed by MAGRAMA, National Parks. SRFs and GASs time were funded by the NASA Terrestrial Hydrology Program entitled ‘Improved Characterization of Snow Depth in Complex Terrain Using Satellite Lidar Altimetry’ (Grant # NNX11AQ66G led by PI Dr. M.F. Jasinski).

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