Articles | Volume 16, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-719-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-719-2023
Model description paper
 | Highlight paper
 | 
30 Jan 2023
Model description paper | Highlight paper |  | 30 Jan 2023

Introducing CRYOWRF v1.0: multiscale atmospheric flow simulations with advanced snow cover modelling

Varun Sharma, Franziska Gerber, and Michael Lehning

Viewed

Total article views: 4,534 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
3,482 991 61 4,534 134 61 39
  • HTML: 3,482
  • PDF: 991
  • XML: 61
  • Total: 4,534
  • Supplement: 134
  • BibTeX: 61
  • EndNote: 39
Views and downloads (calculated since 30 Aug 2021)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 30 Aug 2021)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 4,534 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 4,228 with geography defined and 306 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Latest update: 28 Mar 2024
Download
Executive editor
Modelling the interactions of the atmosphere and cryosphere is essential to understanding our changing climate. This paper presents the coupling of the widely used WRF atmosphere to the SNOWPACK snow model. This work creates an important new tool for the modelling community.
Short summary
Most current generation climate and weather models have a relatively simplistic description of snow and snow–atmosphere interaction. One reason for this is the belief that including an advanced snow model would make the simulations too computationally demanding. In this study, we bring together two state-of-the-art models for atmosphere (WRF) and snow cover (SNOWPACK) and highlight both the feasibility and necessity of such coupled models to explore underexplored phenomena in the cryosphere.