Snowpack
Snowpack is an accumulation of snow that compresses with time and melts seasonally, often at high elevation or high latitude.[1][2] Snowpacks are an important water resource that feed streams and rivers as they melt, sometimes leading to flooding. Snowpacks provide water to down-slope communities for drinking and agriculture.[3] High-latitude or high-elevation snowpacks contribute mass to glaciers in their accumulation zones, where annual snow deposition exceeds annual melting.[4]
Assessing the formation and stability of snowpacks is important in the study and prediction of
Scientific applications
Snowpack modeling is done for snow stability, flood forecasting, water resource management, and climate studies.[13] Snowpack modeling is either done by simple, statistical methods such as degree day or complex, physically based energy balance models such as SNOWPACK, CROCUS or SNOWMODEL.[14][15]
See also
References
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