Snow Observations from Space: an Approach to Map Snow Cover from Three Decades of Landsat Imagery Across Switzerland

Abstract: Snow accumulation is one of the most important forms of water storage. The natural cycle of water is being increasingly influenced by climate change and will continue to change in the future. To understand the evolution of snow cover and to perfect its accurate detection UN Environment/GRID-Geneva and the University of Geneva have developed a Snow Detection tool called “Snow Observations from Space” for the Swiss Data Cube. The Snow Detection tool uses the C Function of Mask to identify snow …