Comparison of modeled snow properties in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan

Bair, Edward H.; Rittger, Karl; Ahmad, Jawairia A.; Chabot, Doug

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-331-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-331-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-331-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

Research article

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30 Jan 2020

Research article |

| 30 Jan 2020

Comparison of modeled snow properties in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan

Edward H. Bair, Karl Rittger, Jawairia A. Ahmad, and Doug Chabot

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-331-2020-supplement

Data sets

NASA/GSFC/HSL (2015), GLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 3 hourly 1.0 x 1.0 degree V2.0 H. Beaudoing and M. Rodell https://doi.org/10.5067/L0JGCNVBNRAX

MERRA-2 Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) https://doi.org/10.5067/VJAFPLI1CSIV

Model code and software

The Parallel Energy Balance Model source code E. H. Bair, R. E. Davis, and J. Dozier https://github.com/edwardbair/ParBal

Noah-MP source code G.-Y. Niu and Z.-L. Yange https://ral.ucar.edu/solutions/products/noah-multiparameterization-land-surface-model-noah-mp-lsm

MeteoIO source code M. Bavay et al. https://models.slf.ch/p/meteoio/

SNOWPACK source code M. Bavay et al. https://models.slf.ch/p/snowpack/

Alpine3D source code M. Bavay et al. https://models.slf.ch/p/alpine3d/

Short summary

Ice and snowmelt feed the Indus River and Amu Darya, but validation of estimates from satellite...