Articles | Volume 15, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-743-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-743-2021
Research article
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17 Feb 2021
Research article |  | 17 Feb 2021

Multi-scale snowdrift-permitting modelling of mountain snowpack

Vincent Vionnet, Christopher B. Marsh, Brian Menounos, Simon Gascoin, Nicholas E. Wayand, Joseph Shea, Kriti Mukherjee, and John W. Pomeroy

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (21 Oct 2020) by Jürg Schweizer
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Short summary
Mountain snow cover provides critical supplies of fresh water to downstream users. Its accurate prediction requires inclusion of often-ignored processes. A multi-scale modelling strategy is presented that efficiently accounts for snow redistribution. Model accuracy is assessed via airborne lidar and optical satellite imagery. With redistribution the model captures the elevation–snow depth relation. Redistribution processes are required to reproduce spatial variability, such as around ridges.