Brief communication: Application of a muonic cosmic ray snow gauge to monitor the snow water equivalent on alpine glaciers

被引：3

作者：

Gugerli, Rebecca ^{[1
,3
,4
]}

Desilets, Darin ^{[2
]}

Salzmann, Nadine ^{[1
,5
,6
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Fribourg, Dept Geosci, Fribourg, Switzerland

[2] Hydroinnova LLC, Albuquerque, NM USA

[3] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne EPFL, Environm Remote Sensing Lab, Lausanne, Switzerland

[4] MeteoSwiss, Satellite & Nowcasting Div, Locarno, Switzerland

[5] WSL Inst Snow & Avalanche Res SLF, Davos, Switzerland

[6] Climate Change Extremes & Nat Hazards Alpine Reg, Davos, Switzerland

来源：

CRYOSPHERE | 2022年 / 16卷 / 03期

基金：

瑞士国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.5194/tc-16-799-2022

中图分类号：

P9 [自然地理学];

学科分类号：

0705 ; 070501 ;

摘要：

Monitoring the snow water equivalent (SWE) in the harsh environments of high mountain regions is a challenge. Here, we explore the use of muon counts to infer SWE. We deployed a muonic cosmic ray snow gauge (mu-CRSG) on a Swiss glacier during the snow-rich winter season 2020/21 (almost 2000 mm w.e.) The mu-CRSG measurements agree well with measurements by a neutronic cosmic ray snow gauge (n-CRSG), and they lie within the uncertainty of manual observations. We conclude that the mu-CRSG is a highly promising method to monitor SWE in remote high mountain environments with several advantages over the n-CRSG.

引用

页码：799 / 806

页数：8

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