Protocols
16 protocols
Hydrologiska Byråns Vattenbalansavdelning (HBV)
High-resolution integrated hydrological modeling using coupled PRMS-MODFLOW system to simulate surface water and groundwater interactions extending 400 m into subsurface. Model accounts for complex te...
Elevation-stratified mountain watershed hydrological modeling
Hydrological modeling approach that stratifies mountain watersheds by elevation zones to quantify water budget components and assess climate change impacts on streamflow and groundwater storage.
Multiscale Model to Model Cloud Compare method
Integration of ground-based GPR, manual measurements, and airborne sensors for comprehensive snow property mapping. Combines high-precision point measurements with spatially extensive remote sensing d...
Satellite-based snow disappearance tracking
Time-series analysis of Landsat and Sentinel satellite imagery to determine seasonal snow disappearance dates using Normalized Difference Snow Index with interpolation algorithms to fill temporal gaps...
Water balance equation
Comprehensive approach calculating potential evapotranspiration using three established methods (Thornthwaite, Hargreaves, Penman-Monteith) and actual evapotranspiration using the Budyko model. Provid...
Community Land Model (CLM)
Used Community Land Model to simulate evapotranspiration components at high spatiotemporal resolution over a mountainous watershed with detailed soil layering and vegetation parameterization. Model se...
Multi-model PlanetScope snow cover classification
Machine learning approach for snow cover mapping using PlanetScope imagery with multiple model configurations incorporating spectral, topographic, and vegetation variables. Performance evaluation acro...
Multivariate clustering analysis
Applies multiple clustering algorithms (K-means, hierarchical clustering, Gaussian mixture models) to hillslope feature vectors to identify watershed zones with similar characteristics. Uses model sel...
Weather Research and Forecasting Model
High-resolution Weather Research and Forecasting model simulations using different microphysical parameterizations to assess precipitation sensitivity in complex mountain terrain. Three different micr...
eddy covariance
Standardized eddy covariance measurements of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and energy fluxes between ecosystems and atmosphere. Continuous automated measurements providing ground truth data for model t...
Random Forest climate downscaling
Machine learning approach using Random Forest algorithms to downscale coarse resolution climate data to higher spatial resolution using topographic predictors. Models are trained on relationships betw...
NEON AOP digital elevation modeling
Creation of digital surface model from 2018 NEON Airborne Observation Platform dataset representing height above sea level for objects attached to the ground.
Single-direction watershed delineation
Flow lines derived in GRASS GIS using a single direction algorithm from hydrologically corrected digital elevation model to delineate watersheds draining at least 512000 square meters.
Snow energy and mass balance monitoring
Continuous hourly monitoring of meteorological variables including wind, temperature, humidity, snowpack depth, and radiation components using tower-mounted instrumentation.
airborne LiDAR scanning
High-density airborne LiDAR scans collected in August-September 2015 and 2019 to generate normalized point clouds.
snow-free growing degree day calculation
Temperatures above 5°C summed only for days estimated to be free of snow to measure energy available for biological processes.