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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-9127-2022
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Model description paper
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21 Dec 2022
Model description paper |
| 21 Dec 2022
| 21 Dec 2022
The Multiple Snow Data Assimilation System (MuSA v1.0)
Esteban Alonso-González
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère, Université de Toulouse, CNRS–CNES–IRD–INRA–UPS, Toulouse, France
Kristoffer Aalstad
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Mohamed Wassim Baba
Center for Remote Sensing Application (CRSA), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Ben Guerir, Morocco
Jesús Revuelto
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
Juan Ignacio López-Moreno
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
Joel Fiddes
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
Richard Essery
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Simon Gascoin
Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère, Université de Toulouse, CNRS–CNES–IRD–INRA–UPS, Toulouse, France
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Short summary
Snow cover plays an important role in many processes, but its monitoring is a challenging task. The alternative is usually to simulate the snowpack, and to improve these simulations one of the most promising options is to fuse simulations with available observations (data assimilation). In this paper we present MuSA, a data assimilation tool which facilitates the implementation of snow monitoring initiatives, allowing the assimilation of a wide variety of remotely sensed snow cover information.
Snow cover plays an important role in many processes, but its monitoring is a challenging task....
