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Snow and climate interactions

Time

10:30 - 11:30

Venue

SLF Davos

Snow cover is a key component of the climate system, acting at once as an indicator and a driver of climate change.

SLF

At the global scale, snow models and meteorological reanalyses exhibit a surprising capacity for reconstructing the snow conditions which prevailed before the satellite era.

Organizer: SLF

Speakers: Eric Brun, Observatoire National sur les Effets du Réchauffement Climatique, Paris, France

Categories

  • Impacts of climate change
  • Interactions
  • Snow