Satellites do
snow extent very easily; there are also satellite - derived data sets on snow water equivalent
Not exact matches
According to the recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change satellite data show that there are
very likely to have been decreases of about 10 % in the
extent of
snow cover since the late 1960s.
Top of
snow temperature is
very helpful in finding the
extent of the cryosphere, only if «skin temperatures» are readily available again.
It is
very likely that human activities have contributed to observed Arctic warming, sea ice loss, glacier mass loss, and a decline in
snow extent in the Northern Hemisphere.
The point of focus has been the
very large changes from April - July in
snow cover
extent.
On September 9, the sea ice
extent was
very close to the record low set in 2007, according to the National
Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).
«It is
very likely that there will be continued loss of sea ice
extent in the Arctic, decreases of
snow cover, and reductions of permafrost at high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere by 2016 — 2035.