The role of topography on snow dynamics: observations from Aqua/Terra MODIS and perspectives for future hydrologic and climate modeling

Pierfrancesco Da Ronco1, Carlo De Michele1, Francesco Avanzi2 and Bettina Schaefli3, (1)Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Milano, 20133, Italy, (2)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland