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Methodology for Calculating the Spatial Distribution of Snow Depth in Complex Terrain with Insufficient Meteorological Information: A Case Study for the Anyuy Range

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In modern conditions of intensive economic development of the Eastern Siberia mountain regions, the spatial variability of the snow cover characteristics in complex terrain needs to be assessed. Such assessment is difficult due to the small number of weather stations in mountain regions. Indirect methods for calculating the snow cover characteristics for the areas with complex terrain have not been developed yet. A method is proposed for calculating the snow depth in mountain terrain, which is based on using microclimatic methods for obtaining detailed climatic information. The quantification of changes in application-specific characteristics of the snow cover depending on altitude in mountain terrain of the Anyuy Range is carried out.

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Translated from Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, 2022, No. 2, pp. 45-52. https://doi.org/10.52002/0130-2906-2022-2-45-52.

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Pigol’tsina, G.B., Fasol’ko, D.V. Methodology for Calculating the Spatial Distribution of Snow Depth in Complex Terrain with Insufficient Meteorological Information: A Case Study for the Anyuy Range. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 47, 107–112 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373922020042

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