| | Study | Methods | Site type | Sublimation/evaporation |
| | Bernier and Swanson, 1993 [35] | BA, Gr | Forest and open | 0.25–1.07 mm dy−1 | | Doty and Johnston, 1969 [36] | Gr | Open | 0.15 (January)–1.56 (April) mm dy−1 | | Fassnacht, 2004 [37] | BA | Various USA sites | 0.23–0.67 mm dy−1 | | Golding, 1978 [38] | BA | Subalpine forest | 1.2 mm dy−1 (1975), 2.0 mm dy−1 (1976) | | Hood et al., 1999 [14] | AP | Alpine | 0.9–1.8 mm dy−1 (annual 15% max SWE) | | Lundberg et al., 1998 [39] | Gr | Forest (Scotland) | Max 3.9 mm in 7 hours (canopy) | | Kaitera and Teräsvirta, 1972 [40] | BA | Boreal forest | 0.35 (subcanopy)–0.45 (open) mm dy−1 | | Kaser, 1982 [41] | Gr | Alpine | Mean 0.25 mm dy−1, max 2.0 mm dy−1 | | Marks and Dozier, 1992 [42] | BA | Alpine | Mean 2 mm dy−1 | | Martinelli, 1960 [43] | Gr | Alpine |
±0.67 mm dy−1 | | Meiman and Grant, 1974 [44] | | Alpine, forest, and open | 45–60% snow season precipitation | | Molotch et al., 2007 [9] | EC | Subalpine forest | 0.41 (subcanopy)–0.71 (canopy) mm dy−1 | | Montesi et al., 2004 [7] | Gr | Subalpine forest | Canopy, 20–30% of total snowfall | | Nakai et al., 1999 [45] | EC | Boreal forest canopy | 1.2 mm dy−1 (snow covered) | | Pomeroy et al., 1998 [10] | BA | Boreal forest | 0.41–1.88 mm dy−1 | | Pomeroy and Essery, 1999 [21] | EC | Prairie | 1.8 mm dy−1 | | Rylov, 1969 [46] | Gr | Open (semidesert) | 0.08 (January)–0.6 (April) mm dy−1 | | Schmidt and Troendle, 1992 [47] | | Canadian forest | Annual 46 mm (canopy) | | Schmidt et al., 1998 [11] | BA, Gr | Subalpine forest | 0.61 (southerly), 0.43 (northerly) mm dy−1 | | Storck et al., 2002 [48] | Gr, SC | Subalpine forest | 100 mm/winter, <1 mm dy−1 | | Suzuki et al., 2006 [49] | BA, model | Taiga, larch forest | 1.0 (forest)–2.0 (open) mm dy−1 | | West, 1962 [23] | Gr | Forest, subcanopy | 50 mm (2.7% of snowfall) annually | | Zhang et al., 2003 [50] | BA, Gr | Taiga | 0.2–1.0 mm dy−1 | | Zhang et al., 2004 [25] | BA, Gr | Taiga, larch forest | 0.22–0.32 mm dy−1 |
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