Articles | Volume 13, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-6523-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-6523-2020
Model evaluation paper
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23 Dec 2020
Model evaluation paper |  | 23 Dec 2020

ISBA-MEB (SURFEX v8.1): model snow evaluation for local-scale forest sites

Adrien Napoly, Aaron Boone, and Théo Welfringer

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Accurate modeling of snow impact on surface energy and mass fluxes is required from land surface models. This new version of the SURFEX model improves the representation of the snowpack. In particular, it prevents its ablation from occurring too early in the season, which also leads to better soil temperatures and energy fluxes toward the atmosphere. This was made possible with a more explicit and distinct representation of each layer that constitutes the surface (soil, snow, and vegetation).
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