An assessment of sub-snow GPS for quantification of snow water equivalent

Steiner, Ladina; Meindl, Michael; Fierz, Charles; Geiger, Alain

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3161-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3161-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3161-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 10

Review article

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04 Oct 2018

Review article |

| 04 Oct 2018

An assessment of sub-snow GPS for quantification of snow water equivalent

Ladina Steiner, Michael Meindl, Charles Fierz, and Alain Geiger

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RC1: 'The study is very well designed, conducted and presented. Very useful results.', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Aug 2018
RC2: 'Review for L. Steiner et al : An Assessment of sub snow GPS for quantification of snow water equivalent.', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Aug 2018
SC1: 'Short comment', Franziska Koch, 25 Aug 2018
- AC1: 'Authors response to interactive short comment on “An assessment of sub snow GPS for quantification of snow water equivalent”', Ladina Steiner, 12 Sep 2018
AC2: 'Authors response to referee comments', Ladina Steiner, 14 Sep 2018

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AR by Ladina Steiner on behalf of the Authors (14 Sep 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Sep 2018) by Martin Schneebeli

Short summary

The amount of water stored in snow cover is of high importance for flood risks, climate change, and early-warning systems. We evaluate the potential of using GPS to estimate the stored water. We use GPS antennas buried underneath the snowpack and develop a model based on the path elongation of the GPS signals while propagating through the snowpack. The method works well over full seasons, including melt periods. Results correspond within 10 % to the state-of-the-art reference data.