Snowfall Variation in Eastern Mediterranean Catchments

This study aims to present and analyze the time series of snow parameters focusing on representative geographical areas Eastern Mediterranean (i.e., Greece Italy) examine their seasonal variability, in terms region geography. The satellite retrievals were firstly validated against in-situ for 67 common days, with a mean bias equal −0.018 cm, near-Gaussian distribution, showing good performance detection. satellite-based analysis resulted increasing trends water equivalent, attributed enhanced values between 2000 2009; however, decreasing are found starting from 2010 until now −1.79 × 10−17 −2.31 10−18 over two (e.g., Thessaloniki Kozani). A similar pattern is equivalent Italian area, trend −4.45 10−18. presented results contribute better understanding spatial distribution coverage seasonality that could be crucial long-term groundwater management, by combining data statistics.