Estimating the snow water equivalent in the catchments of Rax, Schneeberg and Hochschwab (KATER II)

01.10.2003 - 30.06.2008
Assigned research project
Estimating the snow water equivalent in the catchments of Rax, Schneeberg and Hochschwab The Water Supply Department of the Vienna City Council operates a number of water supply catchments in the Rax, Schneeberg and Hochschwab regions where the springs are fed by snow melt water during a substantial part of the year. To better understand and ultimately predict the space-time patterns of snow water equivalent and melt water, the Water Supply Department initiated a research initiative. A spatially distributed, dynamic snow model is set up for the study region and tested against snow cover patterns derived from satellite data. Additionally, telemetered video cameras are installed at a number of sites to monitor the snow cover patterns and snow depths. This project is part of the Kater II project of Interreg II.

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Contract/collaboration

  • Magistrat der Stadt Wien - MA 31 Wiener Wasserwerke

Research focus

  • Environmental Monitoring and Climate Adaptation: 60%
  • Modeling and Simulation: 40%

Keywords

GermanEnglish
Schneesimulationsnow simulation
Satellitendatensatellite data

External partner

  • Institut für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung
  • Magistratsabteilung 31 (Wiener Wasserwerke) der Stadt Wien

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