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Model description paper
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14 Jul 2026
Model description paper |
| 14 Jul 2026
| 14 Jul 2026
Version 3.0.2 of the Crocus snowpack model
Matthieu Lafaysse
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Marie Dumont
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Basile De Fleurian
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Mathieu Fructus
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Rafife Nheili
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Léo Viallon-Galinier
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Matthieu Baron
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Aaron Boone
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Toulouse, France
Axel Bouchet
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Julien Brondex
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
now at: Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Grenoble INP, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Carlo Carmagnola
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Bertrand Cluzet
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Kévin Fourteau
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Ange Haddjeri
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
now at: Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Grenoble INP, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Pascal Hagenmuller
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Giulia Mazzotti
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
now at: Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Grenoble INP, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Marie Minvielle
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Toulouse, France
Samuel Morin
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Louis Quéno
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
now at: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF), Davos, Switzerland
Léon Roussel
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Pierre Spandre
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
François Tuzet
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Vincent Vionnet
Météo-France, CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, CNRM, Centre d'Éudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Meteorological Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada
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- Assimilation of synthetic observations of radar backscatters at Ku-band improves SWE estimates N. Leroux et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-2773-2026
- Explicit representation of liquid water retention over bare ice using the SURFEX/ISBA-Crocus model: implications for mass balance at Mera glacier (Nepal) A. Goutard et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-2393-2026
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Latest update: 14 Jul 2026
Short summary
This article is a comprehensive description of the 3.0.2 stable release of the Crocus snowpack model. It describes various new implementations since the last reference article in 2012 and a review of the available scientific evaluations and applications of the model. This provides guidance for the future of numerical snow modelling.
This article is a comprehensive description of the 3.0.2 stable release of the Crocus snowpack...
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