Articles | Volume 15, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4853-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4853-2022
Model description paper
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27 Jun 2022
Model description paper |  | 27 Jun 2022

Snow Multidata Mapping and Modeling (S3M) 5.1: a distributed cryospheric model with dry and wet snow, data assimilation, glacier mass balance, and debris-driven melt

Francesco Avanzi, Simone Gabellani, Fabio Delogu, Francesco Silvestro, Edoardo Cremonese, Umberto Morra di Cella, Sara Ratto, and Hervé Stevenin

Model code and software

c-hydro/s3m-dev: (v5.1.0) Francesco Avanzi and Fabio Delogu https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4663899

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Short summary
Knowing in real time how much snow and glacier ice has accumulated across the landscape has significant implications for water-resource management and flood control. This paper presents a computer model – S3M – allowing scientists and decision makers to predict snow and ice accumulation during winter and the subsequent melt during spring and summer. S3M has been employed for real-world flood forecasting since the early 2000s but is here being made open source for the first time.