Brief communication: Application of a muonic cosmic ray snow gauge to monitor the snow water equivalent on alpine glaciers
-
Published:2022-03-10
Issue:3
Volume:16
Page:799-806
-
ISSN:1994-0424
-
Container-title:The Cryosphere
-
language:en
-
Short-container-title:The Cryosphere
Author:
Gugerli RebeccaORCID, Desilets Darin, Salzmann Nadine
Abstract
Abstract. Monitoring the snow water equivalent (SWE) in the harsh environments of high mountain regions is a challenge. Here, we explore the use of muon counts to infer SWE. We deployed a muonic cosmic ray snow gauge (μ-CRSG) on a Swiss glacier during the snow-rich winter season 2020/21 (almost 2000 mm w.e.). The μ-CRSG measurements agree well with measurements by a neutronic cosmic ray snow gauge (n-CRSG), and they lie within the uncertainty of manual observations. We conclude that the μ-CRSG is a highly promising method to monitor SWE in remote high mountain environments with several advantages over the n-CRSG.
Funder
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Subject
Earth-Surface Processes,Water Science and Technology
Reference20 articles.
1. Avdyushin, S. I., Kolomeyets, E. V., Nazarov, I. M., Pegoyev, A. N., and
Fridman, S. D.: Application of Cosmic Rays To the Solution of Some
Hydrological Problems, in: Proceeedings of the Exeter Symposium July 1982,
IAHS Publ. no. 138, 1982. a 2. Choquette, Y., Lavigne, P., Nadeau, M., Ducharm, P., Martin, J., Houdayer, A.,
and Rogoza, J.: GMON, a new sensor for snow water equivalent via gamma
monitoring, in: Proceedings Whistler 2008 International Snow Science
Workshop, 21–27 September 2008, Whistler, B.C., 802–807,
https://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science/objects/P__8132.pdf (last access: 8 March 2022),
2008. a 3. de Mendonça, R. R. S., Braga, C. R., Echer, E., Lago, A. D., Munakata,
K., Kuwabara, T., Kozai, M., Kato, C., Rockenbach, M., Schuch, N. J., Jassar,
H. K. A., Sharma, M. M., Tokumaru, M., Duldig, M. L., Humble, J. E., Evenson,
P., and Sabbah, I.: The temperature effect in secondary cosmic rays (muons)
observed at the ground: Analysis of the global muon detector network data,
The Astrophys. J., 830, 88, https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/830/2/88, 2016. a 4. Desilets, D., Zreda, M., and Ferré, T. P.: Nature's neutron probe: Land
surface hydrology at an elusive scale with cosmic rays, Water Resour.
Res., 46, W11505, https://doi.org/10.1029/2009WR008726, 2010. a 5. Ganeva, M., Peglow, S., Hippler, R., Berkova, M., and Yanke, V.: Seasonal
variations of the muon flux seen by muon telescope MuSTAnG, J.
Phys. Conf. Ser., 409, 012242,
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/409/1/012242, 2013. a
Cited by
3 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献
|
|