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• Identification of systematic bias in the cross-platform (SMMR and SSM/I) EASE-Grid brightness temperature time series

  Authors:Chris Derksen and Anne E. WalkerFrom:IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (Vol. 41, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 2003167 words Author abstract

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• Differences between the HUT snow emission model and MEMLS and their effects on brightness temperature simulation

  Authors:Jinmei Pan, Michael Durand, Melody Sandells, Juha Lemmetyinen, Edward J. Kim, Jouni Pulliainen, et al.From:IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (Vol. 54, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 2016 Technical report

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• Publisher Correction: Patterns and trends of Northern Hemisphere snow mass from 1980 to 2018.

  Authors:Jouni Pulliainen, Kari Luojus, Chris Derksen, Lawrence Mudryk, Juha Lemmetyinen, Miia Salminen, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 582, Issue 7813) Peer-Reviewed

  June 25, 2020128 words Correction notice, B... 1170LAn amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. Author(s): Jouni Pulliainen 1 , Kari Luojus 1 , Chris Derksen 2 , Lawrence Mudryk 2 , Juha Lemmetyinen 1 , Miia...

• Landfast ice thickness in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from observations and models

  Authors:Stephen E. L. Howell, Ron Kwok, Chris Derksen, and Joshua KingFrom:The Cryosphere (Vol. 10, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  July 12, 2016250 words Brief article Observed and modelled landfast ice thickness variability and trends spanning more than 5 decades within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA) are summarized. The observed sites (Cambridge Bay, Resolute, Eureka and...

• Patterns and trends of Northern Hemisphere snow mass from 1980 to 2018.

  Authors:Jouni Pulliainen, Kari Luojus, Chris Derksen, Lawrence Mudryk, Juha Lemmetyinen, Miia Salminen, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 581, Issue 7808) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20207,647 words Article 1600LWarming surface temperatures have driven a substantial reduction in the extent and duration of Northern Hemisphere snow cover.sup.1-3. These changes in snow cover affect Earth's climate system via the surface energy...

• LS3MIP (v1.0) contribution to CMIP6: the Land Surface, Snow and Soil moisture Model Intercomparison Project - aims, setup and expected outcome

  Authors:Bart van den Hurk, Hyungjun Kim, Gerhard Krinner, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Chris Derksen, Taikan Oki, et al.From:Geoscientific Model Development (Vol. 9, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 24, 2016302 words Brief article The Land Surface, Snow and Soil Moisture Model Intercomparison Project (LS3MIP) is designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of land surface, snow and soil moisture feedbacks on climate variability and climate...

• Radio-frequency interference mitigating hyperspectral L-band radiometer

  Authors:Peter Toose, Alexandre Roy, Frederick Solheim, Chris Derksen, Tom Watts, Alain Royer, et al.From:Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (Vol. 6, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 1, 2017213 words Author abstract, Bri... Radio-frequency interference (RFI) can significantly contaminate the measured radiometric signal of current spaceborne L-band passive microwave radiometers. These spaceborne radiometers operate within the protected...

• ESM-SnowMIP: assessing snow models and quantifying snow-related climate feedbacks

  Authors:Gerhard Krinner, Chris Derksen, Richard Essery, Mark Flanner, Stefan Hagemann, Martyn Clark, et al.From:Geoscientific Model Development (Vol. 11, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 10, 2018141 words Author abstract, Bri...

  This paper describes ESM-SnowMIP, an international coordinated modelling effort to evaluate current snow schemes, including snow schemes that are included in Earth system models, in a wide variety of settings against...

• Frequency and distribution of winter melt events from passive microwave satellite data in the pan-Arctic, 1988--2013

  Authors:Libo Wang, Peter Toose, Ross Brown, and Chris DerksenFrom:The Cryosphere (Vol. 10, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 3, 2016354 words Brief article This study presents an algorithm for detecting winter melt events in seasonal snow cover based on temporal variations in the brightness temperature difference between 19 and 37 GHz from satellite...

• Effect of snow microstructure variability on Ku-band radar snow water equivalent retrievals.

  Authors:Nick Rutter, Melody J. Sandells, Chris Derksen, Joshua King, Peter Toose, Leanne Wake, et al.From:The Cryosphere (Vol. 13, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 19, 2019319 words Brief article Spatial variability in snowpack properties negatively impacts our capacity to make direct measurements of snow water equivalent (SWE) using satellites. A comprehensive data set of snow microstructure (94 profiles at 36...

• Spatial-temporal patterns of snow cover in western Canada

  Authors:Carson J.Q. Farmer, Trisalyn A. Nelson, Mike A. Wulder, and Chris DerksenFrom:The Canadian Geographer (Vol. 53, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Winter 2009 Report

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• Canadian snow and sea ice: historical trends and projections

  Authors:Lawrence R. Mudryk, Chris Derksen, Stephen Howell, Chad Thackeray, Reinel Sospedra-Alfonso, Vincent Vionnet, et al.From:The Cryosphere (Vol. 12, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 4, 2018307 words Author abstract, Bri... The Canadian Sea Ice and Snow Evolution (CanSISE) Network is a climate research network focused on developing and applying state of the art observational data to advance dynamical prediction, projections, and...

• Local-scale variability of snow density on Arctic sea ice.

  Authors:Joshua King, Stephen Howell, Mike Brady, Peter Toose, Chris Derksen, Christian Haas, et al.From:The Cryosphere (Vol. 14, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 2, 2020328 words Brief article Local-scale variations in snow density and layering on Arctic sea ice were characterized using a combination of traditional snow pit and SnowMicroPen (SMP) measurements. In total, 14 sites were evaluated within the...

• Evaluation of long-term Northern Hemisphere snow water equivalent products.

  Authors:Colleen Mortimer, Lawrence Mudryk, Chris Derksen, Kari Luojus, Ross Brown, Richard Kelly, et al.From:The Cryosphere (Vol. 14, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 15, 2020340 words Brief article Nine gridded Northern Hemisphere snow water equivalent (SWE) products were evaluated as part of the European Space Agency (ESA) Satellite Snow Product Intercomparison and Evaluation Exercise (SnowPEx). Three categories...

• Snow cover variability across central Canada (1978--2002) derived from satellite passive microwave data

  Authors:Michael A. Wulder, Trisalyn A. Nelson, Chris Derksen, and David SeemannFrom:Climatic Change (Vol. 82, Issue 1-2) Peer-Reviewed

  May 2007293 words Report

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• Spatial and temporal variation of bulk snow properties in northern boreal and tundra environments based on extensive field measurements

  Authors:Henna-Reetta Hannula, Juha Lemmetyinen, Anna Kontu, Chris Derksen, and Jouni PulliainenFrom:Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (Vol. 5, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 8, 2016305 words Brief article An extensive in situ data set of snow depth, snow water equivalent (SWE), and snow density collected in support of the European Space Agency (ESA) SnowSAR-2 airborne campaigns in northern Finland during the winter of...

• Brief communication: Improved measurement of ice layer density in seasonal snowpacks

  Authors:Tom Watts, Nick Rutter, Peter Toose, Chris Derksen, Melody Sandells, and John WoodwardFrom:The Cryosphere (Vol. 10, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 14, 2016107 words Brief article The microstructure and density of ice layers in snowpacks is poorly quantified. Here we present a new field method for measuring the density of ice layers caused by melt or rain-on-snow events. The method was...

• Canadian snow and sea ice: assessment of snow, sea ice, and related climate processes in Canada's Earth system model and climate-prediction system

  Authors:Paul J. Kushner, Lawrence R. Mudryk, William Merryfield, Jaison T. Ambadan, Aaron Berg, Ross Brown, et al.From:The Cryosphere (Vol. 12, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 4, 2018446 words Author abstract, Bri... The Canadian Sea Ice and Snow Evolution (CanSISE) Network is a climate research network focused on developing and applying state-of-the-art observational data to advance dynamical prediction, projections, and...

• Integrating in situ and multiscale passive microwave data for estimation of subgrid scale snow water equivalent distribution and variability

  Authors:Chris Derksen, Anne E. Walker, Barry E. Goodison, and J. Walter StrappFrom:IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (Vol. 43, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 2005278 words Author abstract

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• Changing sea ice conditions and marine transportation activity in Canadian Arctic waters between 1990 and 2012

  Authors:Larissa Pizzolato, Stephen E. L. Howell, Chris Derksen, Jackie Dawson, and Luke CoplandFrom:Climatic Change (Vol. 123, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 2014275 words Author abstract, Rep...

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