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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-519-2023
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Research article
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07 Feb 2023
Research article |
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| 07 Feb 2023
Snow cover prediction in the Italian central Apennines using weather forecast and land surface numerical models
Edoardo Raparelli
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Dept. Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
Center of Excellence Telesensing of Environment and Model Prediction of Severe Events (CETEMPS), L'Aquila, Italy
Paolo Tuccella
Center of Excellence Telesensing of Environment and Model Prediction of Severe Events (CETEMPS), L'Aquila, Italy
Dept. Physical and Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
Italian Glaciological Committee, Turin, Italy
Valentina Colaiuda
Center of Excellence Telesensing of Environment and Model Prediction of Severe Events (CETEMPS), L'Aquila, Italy
Dept. Physical and Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
Frank S. Marzano
Dept. Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
Center of Excellence Telesensing of Environment and Model Prediction of Severe Events (CETEMPS), L'Aquila, Italy
deceased
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- Improving Representations of Snow Cover and Surface Energy Balance for Mountainous Meteorological Simulations over the Korean Peninsula W. Ko et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13143-026-00442-x
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Short summary
We evaluate the skills of a single-layer (Noah) and a multi-layer (Alpine3D) snow model, forced with the Weather Research and Forecasting model, to reproduce snowpack properties observed in the Italian central Apennines. We found that Alpine3D reproduces the observed snow height and snow water equivalent better than Noah, while no particular model differences emerge on snow cover extent. Finally, we observed that snow settlement is mainly due to densification in Alpine3D and to melting in Noah.
We evaluate the skills of a single-layer (Noah) and a multi-layer (Alpine3D) snow model, forced...
