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Model description paper
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26 Sep 2017
Model description paper |
| 26 Sep 2017
Implementation of a physically based water percolation routine in the Crocus/SURFEX (V7.3) snowpack model
Christopher J. L. D'Amboise
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Oslo, 0368, Norway
Department of Geoscience, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0316, Norway
Karsten Müller
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Oslo, 0368, Norway
Laurent Oxarango
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Samuel Morin
Météo-France – CNRS, CNRM UMR 3589, Centre d'Etudes de la
Neige, Grenoble, France
Thomas V. Schuler
Department of Geoscience, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0316, Norway
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Short summary
We present a new water percolation routine added to the Crocus model. The new routine is physically based, describing motion of water through a layered snowpack considering capillary-driven and gravity flow. We tested the routine on two data sets. Wet-snow layers were able to reach higher saturations than the empirical routine. Meaningful applicability is limited until new and better parameterizations of water retention are developed, and feedbacks are adjusted to handle higher saturations.
We present a new water percolation routine added to the Crocus model. The new routine is...
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