GEOtop 2.0: simulating the combined energy and water balance at and below the land surface accounting for soil freezing, snow cover and terrain effects
GEOtop is a fine-scale grid-based simulator that represents the heat and water budgets at and below the soil surface. It describes the three-dimensional water flow in the soil and the energy exchange with the atmosphere, considering the radiative and turbulent fluxes. Furthermore, it reproduces the...
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| author | S. Endrizzi S. Gruber M. Dall'Amico R. Rigon |
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| description | GEOtop is a fine-scale grid-based simulator that represents the heat and
water budgets at and below the soil surface. It describes the
three-dimensional water flow in the soil and the energy exchange with the
atmosphere, considering the radiative and turbulent fluxes. Furthermore, it
reproduces the highly non-linear interactions between the water and energy
balance during soil freezing and thawing, and simulates the temporal
evolution of the water and energy budgets in the snow cover and their effect
on soil temperature.
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Here, we present the core components of GEOtop 2.0 and demonstrate its
functioning. Based on a synthetic simulation, we show that the interaction of
processes represented in GEOtop 2.0 can result in phenomena that are
significant and relevant for applications involving permafrost and
seasonally frozen soils, both in high altitude and latitude regions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b5b1106499504b00ab88c02e48296e0b2022-12-21T19:04:17ZengCopernicus PublicationsGeoscientific Model Development1991-959X1991-96032014-12-01762831285710.5194/gmd-7-2831-2014GEOtop 2.0: simulating the combined energy and water balance at and below the land surface accounting for soil freezing, snow cover and terrain effectsS. Endrizzi0S. Gruber1M. Dall'Amico2R. Rigon3Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, SwitzerlandCarleton University, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, CanadaMountaineering GmbH, Siemensstrasse 19, 39100 Bozen, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e Meccanica e CUDAM, Università di Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 38123 Trento, ItalyGEOtop is a fine-scale grid-based simulator that represents the heat and water budgets at and below the soil surface. It describes the three-dimensional water flow in the soil and the energy exchange with the atmosphere, considering the radiative and turbulent fluxes. Furthermore, it reproduces the highly non-linear interactions between the water and energy balance during soil freezing and thawing, and simulates the temporal evolution of the water and energy budgets in the snow cover and their effect on soil temperature. <br><br> Here, we present the core components of GEOtop 2.0 and demonstrate its functioning. Based on a synthetic simulation, we show that the interaction of processes represented in GEOtop 2.0 can result in phenomena that are significant and relevant for applications involving permafrost and seasonally frozen soils, both in high altitude and latitude regions.http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/7/2831/2014/gmd-7-2831-2014.pdf |
| spellingShingle | S. Endrizzi S. Gruber M. Dall'Amico R. Rigon GEOtop 2.0: simulating the combined energy and water balance at and below the land surface accounting for soil freezing, snow cover and terrain effects Geoscientific Model Development |
| title | GEOtop 2.0: simulating the combined energy and water balance at and below the land surface accounting for soil freezing, snow cover and terrain effects |
| title_full | GEOtop 2.0: simulating the combined energy and water balance at and below the land surface accounting for soil freezing, snow cover and terrain effects |
| title_fullStr | GEOtop 2.0: simulating the combined energy and water balance at and below the land surface accounting for soil freezing, snow cover and terrain effects |
| title_full_unstemmed | GEOtop 2.0: simulating the combined energy and water balance at and below the land surface accounting for soil freezing, snow cover and terrain effects |
| title_short | GEOtop 2.0: simulating the combined energy and water balance at and below the land surface accounting for soil freezing, snow cover and terrain effects |
| title_sort | geotop 2 0 simulating the combined energy and water balance at and below the land surface accounting for soil freezing snow cover and terrain effects |
| url | http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/7/2831/2014/gmd-7-2831-2014.pdf |
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