We are compiling global-scale water pools and fluxes and would like to include temporary snowpack (i.e. not perennial ice sheets, glaciers, or snow fields). Is anyone aware of a global-scale estimate of snowpack water content? To make it comparable with the other pools, we would probably show the annual average snowpack, or potentially the range (i.e. lowest month-highest month). Thanks in advance.
I've found the NSIDC database of snow water equivalent data: https://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0271/versions/1, and several studies that evaluate global-scale snowpack (e.g. Hancock, Steven, Robert Baxter, Jonathan Evans, and Brian Huntley. “Evaluating Global Snow Water Equivalent Products for Testing Land Surface Models.” Remote Sensing of Environment 128 (January 21, 2013): 107–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.10.004.).
However, I still can't find a paper that reports global scale water content of snow. The closest thing I've found to a direct report of the mass of snowpack is here: https://globalcryospherewatch.org/assessments/snow/, but this doesn't include the southern hemisphere and is only for this year. Any input would be most appreciated!
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