MEASUREMENT AND MODELING OF THE SNOWMELT IN THE ANE RIVER BASIN

Areas with seasonal snow cover are very susceptible to climate change, the correct estimation of snow distribution is essential for water resources management in such places. The objective of this work was to estimate snow accumulation and melt in the Ane River basin, which is located in the North part of Lake Biwa and has seasonal snow cover. We show how the combination of Satellite products, simple point SWE measurements, point and distributed snowmelt models can be useful for estimating the spatial distribution of SWE. The temperature index model calibrated with the point measurement was used for estimating spatially distributed snow cover and compared with MODIS snow product. This method showed good agreement with observed snow cover, but there still room for improvement.