Articles | Volume 12, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-5251-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-5251-2019
Model description paper
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13 Dec 2019
Model description paper |  | 13 Dec 2019

TOPMELT 1.0: a topography-based distribution function approach to snowmelt simulation for hydrological modelling at basin scale

Mattia Zaramella, Marco Borga, Davide Zoccatelli, and Luca Carturan

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AR by Mattia Zaramella on behalf of the Authors (10 Jul 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (25 Oct 2019) by Bethanna Jackson
AR by Mattia Zaramella on behalf of the Authors (28 Oct 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (07 Nov 2019) by Bethanna Jackson
AR by Mattia Zaramella on behalf of the Authors (11 Nov 2019)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
This paper presents TOPMELT, a parsimonious snowpack simulation model integrated into a basin-scale hydrological model. TOPMELT implements the full spatial distribution of clear-sky potential solar radiation by means of a statistical representation: this approach reduces computational burden, which is a key potential advantage when parameter sensitivity and uncertainty estimation procedures are carried out. The model is assessed by examining different resolutions of its domain.