Implementation and evaluation of prognostic representations of the optical diameter of snow in the SURFEX/ISBA-Crocus detailed snowpack model

In the SURFEX/ISBA-Crocus multi-layer snowpack model, the snow microstructure has up to now been characterised by the grain size and by semi-empirical shape variables which cannot be measured easily in the field or linked to other relevant snow properties. In this work we introduce a new formulation...

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Main Authors: C. M. Carmagnola, S. Morin, M. Lafaysse, F. Domine, B. Lesaffre, Y. Lejeune, G. Picard, L. Arnaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-03-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/417/2014/tc-8-417-2014.pdf