SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING SNOW COVER IN VARIABLE TERRAIN AND ASSESSING SPATIAL REPRESENTATIVENESS

The present disclosure provides a system to generate a snow cover map of complex terrain. The system comprises a computing device configured to receive from a data source, a sequence of remote sensing data regarding an environment comprising a target area where changes have occurred and a surrounding area where different surface conditions have led to contrasting response between the target area and the surrounding area, apply a learning model to the remote sensing data to generate a map for each sequence of remote sensing data including a spatiotemporal pattern of intermittent snow cover, generate a snow-related parameter for the target area and the surrounding area based on the remote sensing data, receive ground observation data of the target area, and compare the ground observation data of the target area and the generated snow-related parameter from remote sensing data.