Modeling – Page 2

The SnowEx project’s first year addressed using remote sensing techniques to measure snow water content in forested areas.

How Can We Find Out How Much Snow Is in the World?

by E. Kim 1 June 201813 January 2022

In Colorado forests, NASA scientists and a multinational team of researchers test the limits of satellite remote sensing for measuring the water content of snow.

Editors' Highlights

Spectral Surface Emissivity Improves Arctic Climate Simulation

by M. Zhang 5 April 2018

Improving the representation of surface emissivity in the Community Earth System Model reduces its Arctic winter cold bias from 7 to 1 Kelvin degree.

Researchers compare observations and modeling to track the growth of drumlins beneath a surge-type glacier

Research Spotlights

A New Model of Drumlin Formation

by Terri Cook 8 February 201811 February 2022

Observations from the surge-type glacier Múlajökull in Iceland underpin new modeling results that suggest the glacier’s drumlins grow during quiet intervals of normal flow between glacial surges.

Researchers look at ice sheet modeling of the Late Pliocene to better understand how sea levels may change as the planet warms

Research Spotlights

How Earth’s Orbit Affected Ice Sheets Millions of Years Ago

by E. Underwood 22 November 2017

A new study of the late Pliocene era could help scientists predict future sea level rise.

In alpine forests, variations in air and surface temperatures influence snowmelt

Research Spotlights

How the Micrometeorology of Alpine Forests Affects Snowmelt

by J. Lunn 25 September 20172 November 2021

A field study in the Swiss Alps showed considerable spatial and temporal variability in forest air and surface temperatures, with implications for snowmelt models.