Snowfall distribution and its response to the Arctic Oscillation: an evaluation of HighResMIP models in the Arctic using CPR/CloudSat observations

Thomas, Manu Anna; Devasthale, Abhay; L'Ecuyer, Tristan; Wang, Shiyu; Koenigk, Torben; Wyser, Klaus

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3759-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3759-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3759-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 8

Model evaluation paper

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28 Aug 2019

Model evaluation paper |

| 28 Aug 2019

Snowfall distribution and its response to the Arctic Oscillation: an evaluation of HighResMIP models in the Arctic using CPR/CloudSat observations

Manu Anna Thomas, Abhay Devasthale, Tristan L'Ecuyer, Shiyu Wang, Torben Koenigk, and Klaus Wyser

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RC1: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Apr 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer#1's comments', Manu Thomas, 12 Jun 2019
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 May 2019
- AC2: 'Response to the comments from Reviewer #2', Manu Thomas, 12 Jun 2019

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AR by Manu Thomas on behalf of the Authors (09 Jul 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Jul 2019) by Alexander Robel

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Jul 2019)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (23 Jul 2019) by Alexander Robel

AR by Manu Thomas on behalf of the Authors (24 Jul 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

Snow cover significantly influences the surface albedo and radiation budget. Therefore, a realistic representation of snowfall in climate models is important. Here, using decade-long estimates of snowfall derived from the satellite sensor, four climate models are evaluated to assess how well they simulate snowfall in the Arctic. It is found that light and median snowfall is overestimated by the models in comparison to the satellite observations, and extreme snowfall is underestimated.