Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
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Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3759-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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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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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.
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