ESA EXPRO+ AlpSnow - Alps Regional Initiative - Science ALPSNOWATER (2020 - 2023)

The main objective of this project is to develop an integrated, coherent dataset as comprehensive and advanced as possible characterising snow parameters over the Alps. To achieve a new Alpine dedicated snow dataset describing the snow, its dynamics and its properties, novel EO-based algorithms and techniques will be explored, developed and validated. A coherent dataset of the following snow parameters will be developed and generated over the entire Alps: 1) snow area extent, 2) snow albedo, 3) snow water equivalent, 4) snow depth, 5) snow grain size, f) snow liquid water content (wet snow). 

Project Team: ENVEO Environmental Earth Observation IT GmbH (PI), EURAC Academia Europea Bolzano (EURAC), Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG), Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Environmental Protection Agency of Aosta Valley (ARPA VdA), University of Edinburgh (UED), University of Innsbruck (UIBK), Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung (SLF).

Website: http://alpsnow.enveo.at/

ESA Contract No. 4000132770/20/I-NB