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Research article
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15 Feb 2022
Research article |
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| 15 Feb 2022
Modelling surface temperature and radiation budget of snow-covered complex terrain
Alvaro Robledano
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Météo-France, CNRS, CNRM, Centre d'Etudes de la Neige, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université de Toulouse, 38000 Grenoble, France
Ghislain Picard
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Laurent Arnaud
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Fanny Larue
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Inès Ollivier
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Short summary
Topography controls the surface temperature of snow-covered, mountainous areas. We developed a modelling chain that uses ray-tracing methods to quantify the impact of a few topographic effects on snow surface temperature at high spatial resolution. Its large spatial and temporal variations are correctly simulated over a 50 km2 area in the French Alps, and our results show that excluding a single topographic effect results in cooling (or warming) effects on the order of 1 °C.
Topography controls the surface temperature of snow-covered, mountainous areas. We developed a...
