IGARSS 2026 || Washington, D.C. || 9

WE4.R2: Snow Cover I

Wednesday, 12 August, 16:15 - 17:30

Location: Northwest

Session Type: Oral

Track: Cryosphere

Wed, 12 Aug, 16:15 - 16:30

WE4.R2.1: THE TREND IN SEASONAL SNOWPACK OVER CENTRAL ASIA AND ITS RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Bo Sun, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Qiming Zhou, Tongji University, China; Jing Qian, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Wed, 12 Aug, 16:30 - 16:45

WE4.R2.2: BLACKENING CRYOSPHERE: REVEALING HOTSPOT SHIFTS AND HGB-BASED FORECASTING OF ABSORBING AEROSOL THREATS OVER THE HIMALAYAN FROZEN FRONTIERS

Abira Sengupta, Otago University, New Zealand; Ayoti Banerjee, Sarbani Palit, Indian Statistical Institute, India; Brendon Woodford, University of Otago, New Zealand

Wed, 12 Aug, 16:45 - 17:00

WE4.R2.3: SEMI-EPHEMERAL SNOWPACK OF THE SAN JACINTO-SANTA ROSA MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS, AND RELATIONSHIPS TO ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS, FROM GIS ANALYSIS OF A DECADE OF VIIRS SATELLITE IMAGERY

Sean Fleming, NASA Ames Research Center, United States

Wed, 12 Aug, 17:00 - 17:15

WE4.R2.4: Assessing the Impact of Black Carbon Impurities on the Normalized Difference Snow Index

Gladimir Baranoski, Petri Varsa, University of Waterloo, Canada