Articles | Volume 17, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1307-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1307-2023
Research article
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21 Mar 2023
Research article |  | 21 Mar 2023

Snow sensitivity to temperature and precipitation change during compound cold–hot and wet–dry seasons in the Pyrenees

Josep Bonsoms, Juan Ignacio López-Moreno, and Esteban Alonso-González

Data sets

The S2M meteorological and snow cover reanalysis in the French mountainous areas (1958--present) Aeris https://doi.org/10.25326/37#v2020.2

Model code and software

A factorial snowpack model (FSM 1.0) (https://github.com/RichardEssery/FSM2) R. Essery https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-3867-2015

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Short summary
This work analyzes the snow response to temperature and precipitation in the Pyrenees. During warm and wet seasons, seasonal snow depth is expected to be reduced by −37 %, −34 %, and −27 % per degree Celsius at low-, mid-, and high-elevation areas, respectively. The largest snow reductions are anticipated at low elevations of the eastern Pyrenees. Results anticipate important impacts on the nearby ecological and socioeconomic systems.