Snow cover estimation using blended MODIS and AMSR-E data for improved watershed-scale spring streamflow simulation in Quebec, Canada

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4626-4639

  Bergeron, Jean ^a   Royer, Alain ^a   Turcotte, Richard ^b   Roy, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMSR E; Hydrological model; MODIS; Snow cover; Spring streamflow

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROLOGY; INFRARED DEVICES; MELTING; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; SURVEYS;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER; AMSR-E; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; NASH-SUTCLIFFE COEFFICIENT; PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVERS;

SNOW;

AMSR-E; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SPRING WATER; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84904436395     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10123     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Andreadis KM. Lettenmaier DP. 2006. Assimilating remotely sensed snow observations into a macroscale hydrology model. Advances in water resources 29: 872-886. DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.08.004
2. Barnett TP, Adam JC, Lettenmeier DP. 2005. Potential impacts of a warming climate on water availability in snow-dominated regions. Nature 438: 303-309. DOI: 10.1038/nature04141
3. Blöschl G. 1999. Scaling issues in snow hydrology. Hydrological processes 13: 2149-2175. DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199910)13:14/15<2149::AID-HYP847>3.0.CO;2-8
4. Brubaker KL, Pinker RT, Deviatova E. 2005. Evaluation and comparison of MODIS and IMS snow-cover estimates for the continental United States using station data. Journal of Hydrometeorology 6: 1002-1017. DOI: 10.1175/JHM447.1
5. Chang ATC, Foster JL, Hall DK. 1987. Nimbus-7 SMMR derived global snow cover parameters. Annals of glaciology 9: 39-44.
6. Chang ATC, Kelly REJ, Josberger EG, Armstrong RL, Foster JL, Mognard NM. 2005. Analysis of Ground-Measured and Passive-Microwave-Derived Snow Depth Variations in Midwinter across the Northern Great Plains. Journal of Hydrometeorology 6: 20-33. DOI: 10.1175/JHM-405.1
7. Congalton RG. 1991. A Review of Assessing the Accuracy of Classifications of Remotely Sensed Data. Remote Sensing of Environment 37: 35-46. DOI: 10.1016/0034-4257(91)90048-B
8. De Lannoy GJM, Reichle RH, Arsenault KR, Houser PR, Kumar S, Verhoest NEC, Pauwels VRN. 2012. Multiscale assimilation of AMSR-E snow water equivalent and MODIS snow cover fraction observations in northern Colorado. Water Resources Research 48(1): W01522. DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010588
9. Dietz AJ, Kuenzer C, Gessner U, Dech S. 2012. Remote sensing of snow - a review of available methods. International Journal of Remote Sensing 33(13): 4094-4134. DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.640964
10. Duan Q, Sorooshian S, Gupta V. 1992. Effective and efficient global optimization for conceptual rainfall-runoff models. Water Resources Research 28(4): 1015-1031. DOI: 10.1029/91WR02985
11. Dupont F, Royer A, Langlois A, Gressent A, Picard G, Fily M, Cliche P, Chum M. 2012. Monitoring the melt season length of the Barnes Ice Cap over the 1979-2010 period using active and passive microwave remote sensing data. Hydrological Processes 26(17): 2643-2652. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9382
12. Fortier-Fillion T-C. 2011. Développement d'une procédure de mise en place d'un modèle hydrologique global sur des bassins jaugés et non jaugés: application du modèle MOHYSE au Québec. Master's thesis. Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau, Terre et Environnement, Quebec.
13. rd 2006.
14. Fortin JP, Turcotte R, Massicotte S, Moussa R, Fitzback J, Villeneuve JP. 2001. A distributed watershed model compatible with remote sensing and GIS data I: Description of the model. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 6(2): 91-99.
15. Foster JL, Hall DK, Eylander JB, Riggs GA, Nghiem SV, Tedesco M, Kim E, Montesano PM, Kelly RJ, Casey KA, Choudhury D. 2011. A blended global snow product using visible, passive microwave and scatterometer satellite data. International journal of remote sensing 32(5): 1371-1395. DOI: 10.1080/01431160903548013
16. Gao Y, Xie H, Lu N, Yao T, Liang T. 2010. Toward advanced daily cloud-free snow cover and snow water equivalent products from Terra-Aqua MODIS and Aqua AMSR-E measurements. Journal of Hydrology 385: 23-35. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.01.022
17. Grody N. 2008. Relationship between snow parameters and microwave satellite measurements: Theory compared with Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit observations from 23 to 150GHz. Journal of Geophysical Research 113: D22108. DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009685
18. Hall DK, Riggs GA. 2007. Accuracy assessment of the MODIS snow product. Hydrological Processes 21: 1534-1547. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6715
19. Hall DK, Riggs GA, Foster JL, Kumar SV. 2010. Development and evaluation of a cloud-gap-filled MODIS daily snow-cover product. Remote sensing of environment 114: 496-503. DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2009.10.007
20. Lavallée S, Brissette FP, Leconte R, Larouche B. 2006. Monitoring Snow-Cover Depletion by Coupling Satellite Imagery with a Distributed Snowmelt Model. Journal of water resources and management 132(2): 71-78. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2006)132:2(71)
21. Mätzler C. 1987. Applications of the interaction of microwaves with natural snow cover. Remote Sensing Reviews 2(1): 259-387. DOI: 10.1080/02757258709532086
22. McGuire M, Wood AW, Hamlet AF, Lettenmaier DP. 2006. Use of satellite data to streamflow and reservoir storage forecasts in the Snake river basin. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 132: 97-110. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2006)132:2(97)
23. Moran S, Peters-Lidard CD, Watts JM, McElroy S. 2004. Estimating soil moisture at the watershed scale with satellite-based radar and land surface models. Canadian journal of remote sensing 30(5): 805-826. DOI: 10.5589/m04-043
24. Musselman KN, Molotch NP, Brooks PD. 2008. Effects of vegetation on snow accumulation and ablation in a mid-latitude sub-alpine forest. Hydrological processes 22: 2767-2776. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7050
25. Nagler T, Rott H, Malcher P, Müller F. 2008. Assimilation of meteorological and remote sensing data for snowmelt runoff forecasting. Remote sensing of environment 112: 1408-1420. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.07.006
26. Nash JE, Sutcliffe JV. 1970. Riverflow forecasting through conceptual models part I - A discussion of principles. Journal of Hydrology 10: 282-290. DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(70)90255-6
27. Parajka J, Blöschl G. 2008. Spatio-temporal combination of MODIS images - potential for snow cover mapping. Water Resources Research 44: W03406. DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006204
28. Ramsay B. 1998. The interactive multisensor snow and ice mapping system. Hydrological Processes 12: 1537-1546. DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199808/09)12:10/11<1537::AID-HYP679>3.0.CO;2-A
29. Romanov P, Gutman G, Csiszar I. 2002. Satellite-derived snow cover maps for North America: accuracy assessment. Advances in space Research 30: 2455-2460. DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(02)80304-0
30. Roy A, Royer A, Turcotte R. 2010. Improvement of springtime streamflow simulations in a boreal environment by incorporating snow-covered area derived from remote sensing data. Journal of Hydrology 390: 35-44. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.06.027
31. Seidel K, Martinec J. 2004. Remote Sensing in Snow Hydrology: Runoff Modelling, Effect of Climate Change. Springer & Praxis: Chichester, UK.
32. Simic A, Fernandes R, Brown R, Romanov P, Park W. 2004. Validation of VEGETATION, MODIS, and GOES+SSM/I snow-cover products over Canada based on surface snow depth observations. Hydrological Processes 18: 1089-1104. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5509
33. Turcotte R, Lacombe P, Dimnik C, Villeneuve JP. 2004. Prévisions hydrologiques distribuées pour la gestion des barrages publics du Québec. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 34: 308-320. DOI: 10.1139/L04-011
34. Turcotte R, Fortin LG, Fortin V, Fortin JP, Villeneuve JP. 2007. Operational analysis of spatial distribution and the temporal evolution of the snowpack water equivalent in southern Québec, Canada. Nordic hydrology 38: 211-234. DOI: 10.2166/nh.2007.009
35. Turcotte R, Fortier Filion TC, Lacombe P, Fortin V, Roy A, Royer A. 2010. Simulations hydrologique des derniers jours de la crue de printemps: le problème de la neige manquante. Journal des sciences hydrologiques 55(6): 872-882. DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2010.503933
36. Wang X, Xie H, Liang T, Huang X. 2009. Comparison and validation of MODIS standard and new combination of Terra and Aqua snow cover products in northern Xinjiang, China. Hydrological Processes 23: 419-429. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7151
37. Yang D, Robinson D, Zhao Y, Estilow T, Ye B. 2003. Streamflow response to seasonal snow cover extent changes in large Siberian watersheds. Journal of geophysical research 108(D18): 4578-4591. DOI: 10.1029/2002JD003149