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Articles | Volume 10, issue 5
Articles | Volume 10, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1947-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1947-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 10, issue 5
Research article
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06 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 06 Sep 2016

A model for the spatial distribution of snow water equivalent parameterized from the spatial variability of precipitation

Thomas Skaugen and Ingunn H. Weltzien

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In hydrological models it is important to properly simulate the spatial distribution of snow water equivalent (SWE) for the timing of spring melt floods and the accounting of energy fluxes. This paper describes a method for the spatial distribution of SWE which is parameterised from observed spatial variability of precipitation and has hence no calibration parameters. Results show improved simulation of SWE and the evolution of snow-free areas when compared with the standard method.
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