Heavy snowfall and avalanche disasters.

Correlations Between Analyses and Forecasts of Banded Heavy Snow Ingredients and Observed Snowfall

Snowfall in High Southern Latitudes

based upon t(h)•e atmospheric water balance equation pr vide seasonal precipitation amou ts for areas l rger than I xl km 2. For broad-scale studies in the continental interior net snow accumulation closely approximates precipitation. Annual precipitation is relatively high over the marginal ice slopes in relation to amounts in the interior. This meridional distribution is due to the orographic...

Detection and Measurement of Snowfall from Space

Snowfall detection and measurement represent highly difficult problems in modern hydrometeorology. Ground measurements are complicated due to detection technology limitations, snow drift and accumulation issues, and error definition. The snowfall detection from space is in turn affected by all detection limitations that characterize the measurement of rainfall with the addition of several compl...

Oceanic-atmospheric variability and western U.S. snowfall

[1] A study of the influences of interdecadal and interannual oceanic-atmospheric influences on April 1 Snow-Water Equivalent (SWE) in the western U.S. is presented. SWE data was identified at 323 Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) SNOTEL (SNOwpack TELemetrysites) stations for the period of 1961 to 2004 and for 121 SNOTEL stations for the period 1941 to 2004. The phases (cold/negativ...

Numerical Simulation of Heavy Snowfall and the Potential Role of Ice Nuclei in Cloud Formation and Precipitation Development

Kentaro Araki and Masataka Murakami Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan e-mail: [email protected]