Snowpack modelling in the Pyrenees driven by kilometric-resolution meteorological forecasts

Quéno, Louis; Vionnet, Vincent; Dombrowski-Etchevers, Ingrid; Lafaysse, Matthieu; Dumont, Marie; Karbou, Fatima

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1571-2016

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1571-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1571-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

Research article

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22 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 22 Jul 2016

Snowpack modelling in the Pyrenees driven by kilometric-resolution meteorological forecasts

Louis Quéno, Vincent Vionnet, Ingrid Dombrowski-Etchevers, Matthieu Lafaysse, Marie Dumont, and Fatima Karbou

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Queno et al.', Richard L.H. Essery, 06 Mar 2016
- AC1: 'Response to R. Essery', Louis Quéno, 29 May 2016
RC2: 'Review of tc-2016-20', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Mar 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', Louis Quéno, 29 May 2016

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

AR by Louis Quéno on behalf of the Authors (31 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Jun 2016) by Ross Brown

RR by Richard L.H. Essery (15 Jun 2016)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (22 Jun 2016) by Ross Brown

AR by Louis Quéno on behalf of the Authors (23 Jun 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Jul 2016) by Ross Brown

Short summary

Simulations are carried out in the Pyrenees with the snowpack model Crocus, driven by meteorological forecasts from the model AROME at kilometer resolution. The evaluation is done with ground-based measurements, satellite data and reference simulations. Studying daily snow depth variations allows to separate different physical processes affecting the snowpack. We show the benefits of AROME kilometric resolution and dynamical behavior in terms of snowpack spatial variability in a mountain range.