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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4241-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4241-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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07 Sep 2021
Research article |
| 07 Sep 2021
| 07 Sep 2021
Snow model comparison to simulate snow depth evolution and sublimation at point scale in the semi-arid Andes of Chile
Annelies Voordendag
Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
now at: Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences (ACINN), University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Marion Réveillet
Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), ULS-Campus Andrés Bello, Raúl Britan 1305, La Serena, Chile
now at: Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, CNRM, Centre d'Etudes de la Neige, 38100 Grenoble, France
Shelley MacDonell
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), ULS-Campus Andrés Bello, Raúl Britan 1305, La Serena, Chile
Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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- Assessing the impact of terrestrial photography-derived roughness lengths on evaposublimation from seasonal snow in the Mediterranean mountains of Sierra Nevada (Spain) K. Scheidt et al. 10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102431
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- Parallel SnowModel (v1.0): a parallel implementation of a distributed snow-evolution modeling system (SnowModel) R. Mower et al. 10.5194/gmd-17-4135-2024
- Surface energy and mass balance of Mera Glacier (Nepal, Central Himalaya) and their sensitivity to temperature and precipitation A. Khadka et al. 10.1017/jog.2024.42
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- A conceptual hydrological model of semiarid Andean headwater systems in Chile G. Navarro et al. 10.1177/03091333221147649
- A novel framework to investigate wind-driven snow redistribution over an Alpine glacier: combination of high-resolution terrestrial laser scans and large-eddy simulations A. Voordendag et al. 10.5194/tc-18-849-2024
- Quantitative study of snow sublimation in the Altai Mountains H. Jianqiao et al. 10.1016/j.atmosres.2025.108109
- Hydrological response of a headwater catchment in the semi-arid Andes (30°S) to climate change E. Yáñez San Francisco et al. 10.2166/wcc.2023.268
- Snow and ice in the desert: reflections from a decade of connecting cryospheric science with communities in the semiarid Chilean Andes S. MacDonell et al. 10.1017/aog.2023.51
Latest update: 17 Jun 2025
Short summary
The sensitivity of two snow models (SNOWPACK and SnowModel) to various parameterizations and atmospheric forcing biases is assessed in the semi-arid Andes of Chile in winter 2017. Models show that sublimation is a main driver of ablation and that its relative contribution to total ablation is highly sensitive to the selected albedo parameterization and snow roughness length. The forcing and parameterizations are more important than the model choice, despite differences in physical complexity.
The sensitivity of two snow models (SNOWPACK and SnowModel) to various parameterizations and...
