TY - JOUR
T1 - Reconstructing the temporal dynamics of snow cover from observations
AU - Perona, Paolo
AU - D'Odorico, Paolo
AU - Porporato, Amilcare Michele M.
AU - Ridolfi, Luca
PY - 2001/8/1
Y1 - 2001/8/1
N2 - A nonlinear differential equation for the description of the mean annual behavior of snow depth at a point is reconstructed from measured time series of temperature, snow fall, and snow cover, using the so-called Trajectory Method proposed by Eisenhammer et al. [1991]. The temperature and snow fall are used as independent variables of a polynomial equation with nonlinearities up to the third degree. The reconstructed model not only reproduces the original data very well, but also captures the main behavior of the system when forced by different climatic conditions.
AB - A nonlinear differential equation for the description of the mean annual behavior of snow depth at a point is reconstructed from measured time series of temperature, snow fall, and snow cover, using the so-called Trajectory Method proposed by Eisenhammer et al. [1991]. The temperature and snow fall are used as independent variables of a polynomial equation with nonlinearities up to the third degree. The reconstructed model not only reproduces the original data very well, but also captures the main behavior of the system when forced by different climatic conditions.
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U2 - 10.1029/2000GL006126
DO - 10.1029/2000GL006126
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035418660
SN - 0094-8276
VL - 28
SP - 2975
EP - 2978
JO - Geophysical Research Letters
JF - Geophysical Research Letters
IS - 15
ER -