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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-5027-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-5027-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Model experiment description paper
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Model experiment description paper | Highlight paper |
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ESM-SnowMIP: assessing snow models and quantifying snow-related climate feedbacks
CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), 38000 Grenoble, France
Chris Derksen
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change, Toronto, Canada
Richard Essery
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK
Mark Flanner
Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan 48109, USA
Stefan Hagemann
Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany
Martyn Clark
Hydrometeorological Applications Program, Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA
Alex Hall
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Helmut Rott
ENVEO – Environmental Earth Observation IT GmbH, Innsbruck , Austria
Claire Brutel-Vuilmet
CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), 38000 Grenoble, France
Hyungjun Kim
Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Cécile B. Ménard
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK
Lawrence Mudryk
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change, Toronto, Canada
Chad Thackeray
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Libo Wang
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change, Toronto, Canada
Gabriele Arduini
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, UK
Gianpaolo Balsamo
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, UK
Paul Bartlett
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change, Toronto, Canada
Julia Boike
Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany
Department of Geography, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Aaron Boone
CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Frédérique Chéruy
LMD-IPSL, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Pierre et Marie-Curie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Ecole
Polytechnique, Paris, France
Jeanne Colin
CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Matthias Cuntz
INRA, Université de Lorraine, AgroParisTech, UMR Silva, 54000 Nancy, France
Yongjiu Dai
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Bertrand Decharme
CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Jeff Derry
Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies, Siverton, CO, USA
Agnès Ducharne
Sorbonne Universités, UMR 7619 METIS, UPMC/CNRS/EPHE, Paris, France
Emanuel Dutra
Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Xing Fang
Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Charles Fierz
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
Josephine Ghattas
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), UPMC, 75252 Paris, France
Yeugeniy Gusev
Institute of Water Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Vanessa Haverd
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Anna Kontu
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, 99600 Sodankylä, Finland
Matthieu Lafaysse
Grenoble Alpes, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, CNRM, Centre d'Etudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Rachel Law
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia
Dave Lawrence
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Weiping Li
National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
Thomas Marke
Department of Geography, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Danny Marks
USDA Agricultural Research Service, Boise, ID, USA
Martin Ménégoz
CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), 38000 Grenoble, France
Olga Nasonova
Institute of Water Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Tomoko Nitta
Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Masashi Niwano
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tsukuba, Japan
John Pomeroy
Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Mark S. Raleigh
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science/Earth
System Research Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Gerd Schaedler
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Vladimir Semenov
A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of
Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Tanya G. Smirnova
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science/Earth
System Research Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Tobias Stacke
Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany
Ulrich Strasser
Department of Geography, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Sean Svenson
A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of
Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Dmitry Turkov
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Tao Wang
Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of
Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Nander Wever
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of
Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, School of Architecture and
Civil Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,
Lausanne, Switzerland
Hua Yuan
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Wenyan Zhou
National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
Dan Zhu
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA,
CNRS, UVSQ, Gif Sur Yvette, France
Data sets
Weissfluhjoch dataset for ESM-SnowMIP WSL https://doi.org/10.16904/16
Short summary
This paper provides an overview of a coordinated international experiment to determine the strengths and weaknesses in how climate models treat snow. The models will be assessed at point locations using high-quality reference measurements and globally using satellite-derived datasets. How well climate models simulate snow-related processes is important because changing snow cover is an important part of the global climate system and provides an important freshwater resource for human use.
This paper provides an overview of a coordinated international experiment to determine the...
