Verification of the multi-layer SNOWPACK model with different water transport schemes

Wever, N.; Schmid, L.; Heilig, A.; Eisen, O.; Fierz, C.; Lehning, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2271-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2271-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2271-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 6

Research article

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07 Dec 2015

Research article |

| 07 Dec 2015

Verification of the multi-layer SNOWPACK model with different water transport schemes

N. Wever, L. Schmid, A. Heilig, O. Eisen, C. Fierz, and M. Lehning

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RC C932: 'comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Jun 2015
- AC C1758: 'Response', Nander Wever, 28 Sep 2015
RC C1324: 'Review of Verification of the multi-layer SNOWPACK model with different water transport schemes by Wever et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Jul 2015
- AC C1759: 'Response', Nander Wever, 28 Sep 2015
RC C1431: 'Comments on Wever et al.', Richard L.H. Essery, 17 Aug 2015
- AC C1760: 'Response', Nander Wever, 28 Sep 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Nander Wever on behalf of the Authors (23 Oct 2015) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (17 Nov 2015) by Philip Marsh

Short summary

A verification of the physics based SNOWPACK model with field observations showed that typical snowpack properties like density and temperature are adequately simulated. Also two water transport schemes were verified, showing that although Richards equation improves snowpack runoff and several aspects of the internal snowpack structure, the bucket scheme appeared to have a higher agreement with the snow microstructure. The choice of water transport scheme may depend on the intended application.