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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-5157-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Model description paper
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11 Dec 2019
Model description paper |
| 11 Dec 2019
| 11 Dec 2019
A module to convert spectral to narrowband snow albedo for use in climate models: SNOWBAL v1.2
Christiaan T. van Dalum
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Willem Jan van de Berg
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Quentin Libois
CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Ghislain Picard
University Grenoble Alpes, LGGE (UMR5183), Grenoble, France
Michiel R. van den Broeke
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Evaluation of a new snow albedo scheme for the Greenland ice sheet in the Regional Atmospheric Climate Model (RACMO2) C. van Dalum et al. 10.5194/tc-14-3645-2020
- Spatial Variability of the Snowmelt‐Albedo Feedback in Antarctica C. Jakobs et al. 10.1029/2020JF005696
- Optical Properties of Snow Surfaces: Multiangular Photometric and Polarimetric Hyperspectral Measurements Z. Sun et al. 10.1109/TGRS.2021.3078170
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- A Method to Estimate Clear-Sky Albedo of Paddy Rice Fields T. Sun et al. 10.3390/rs14205185
- SNICAR-ADv3: a community tool for modeling spectral snow albedo M. Flanner et al. 10.5194/gmd-14-7673-2021
- Impact of updated radiative transfer scheme in snow and ice in RACMO2.3p3 on the surface mass and energy budget of the Greenland ice sheet C. van Dalum et al. 10.5194/tc-15-1823-2021
- Sensitivity of Antarctic surface climate to a new spectral snow albedo and radiative transfer scheme in RACMO2.3p3 C. van Dalum et al. 10.5194/tc-16-1071-2022
- A versatile method for computing optimized snow albedo from spectrally fixed radiative variables: VALHALLA v1.0 F. Veillon et al. 10.5194/gmd-14-7329-2021
- Modeling Snow Surface Spectral Reflectance in a Land Surface Model Targeting Satellite Remote Sensing Observations D. Shao et al. 10.3390/rs12183101
- An exploratory modelling study of perennial firn aquifers in the Antarctic Peninsula for the period 1979–2016 J. van Wessem et al. 10.5194/tc-15-695-2021
- First results of the polar regional climate model RACMO2.4 C. van Dalum et al. 10.5194/tc-18-4065-2024
- Contribution of blowing-snow sublimation to the surface mass balance of Antarctica S. Gadde & W. van de Berg 10.5194/tc-18-4933-2024
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Short summary
Climate models are often limited to relatively simple snow albedo schemes. Therefore, we have developed the SNOWBAL module to couple a climate model with a physically based wavelength dependent snow albedo model. Using SNOWBAL v1.2 to couple the snow albedo model TARTES with the regional climate model RACMO2 indicates a potential performance gain for the Greenland ice sheet.
Climate models are often limited to relatively simple snow albedo schemes. Therefore, we have...
