STEMMUS-UEB v1.0.0: integrated modeling of snowpack and soil water and energy transfer with three complexity levels of soil physical processes

Yu, Lianyu; Zeng, Yijian; Su, Zhongbo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7345-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7345-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7345-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 12

Model description paper

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30 Nov 2021

Model description paper |

| 30 Nov 2021

STEMMUS-UEB v1.0.0: integrated modeling of snowpack and soil water and energy transfer with three complexity levels of soil physical processes

Lianyu Yu, Yijian Zeng, and Zhongbo Su

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7345-2021-supplement

Data sets

HydroThermal Dynamics of Frozen Soils on the Tibetan Plateau during 2015-2016 Lianyu Yu, Yijian Zeng, Zhongbo Su, and Jun Wen https://doi.org/10.4121/uuid:cc69b7f2-2448-4379-b638-09327012ce9b

Soil Hydraulic and Thermal Properties for Land Surface Modelling over the Tibetan Plateau Hong Zhao, Yijian Zeng, and Zhongbo Su https://doi.org/10.4121/uuid:c712717c-6ac0-47ff-9d58-97f88082ddc0

Integrated hydrometeorological - snow - frozen ground observations in the alpine region of the Heihe River Basin, China X. Li https://doi.org/10.3972/hiwater.001.2019.db

Model code and software

STEMMUS source code Yijian Zeng and Zhongbo Su https://github.com/yijianzeng/STEMMUS

STEMMUS-UEB v1.0.0 Lianyu Yu, Yijian Zeng, and Zhongbo Su https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3975846

Short summary

We developed an integrated soil–snow–atmosphere model (STEMMUS-UEB) dedicated to the physical description of snow and soil processes with various complexities. With STEMMUS-UEB, we demonstrated that the snowpack affects not only the soil surface moisture conditions (in the liquid and ice phase) and energy-related states (albedo, LE) but also the subsurface soil water and vapor transfer, which contributes to a better understanding of the hydrothermal implications of the snowpack in cold regions.