Complexity of Snow Schemes in a Climate Model and Its Impact on Surface Energy and Hydrology

Dutra, Emanuel; Viterbo, Pedro; Miranda, Pedro; Balsamo, Gianpaolo

doi:10.1175/jhm-d-11-072.1

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Complexity of Snow Schemes in a Climate Model and Its Impact on Surface Energy and Hydrology

Published in Journal of Hydrometeorology • Nov 10, 2011

Authors:

Emanuel Dutra

Pedro Viterbo

Pedro Miranda

Abstract

Abstract Three different complexity snow schemes implemented in the ECMWF land surface scheme Hydrology Tiled ECMWF Scheme of Surface Exchanges over Land (HTESSEL) are evaluated within the EC-EARTH climate model. The snow schemes are (i) the original HTESSEL single-bulk-layer snow scheme, (ii) a new...

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Snowpack

Snow

Environmental science

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