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Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2783-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2783-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
Research article
 | 
20 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 20 Jun 2024

Impact of intercepted and sub-canopy snow microstructure on snowpack response to rain-on-snow events under a boreal canopy

Benjamin Bouchard, Daniel F. Nadeau, Florent Domine, Nander Wever, Adrien Michel, Michael Lehning, and Pierre-Erik Isabelle

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2783-2024-supplement

Data sets

Dataset from “Impact of intercepted and sub-canopy snow microstructure on snowpack response to rain-on-snow events under a boreal canopy” Benjamin Bouchard et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10357451

Model code and software

Source code from the Intercepted Snow Densification development from "Impact of intercepted and sub-canopy snow microstructure on snowpack response to rain-on-snow events under a boreal canopy" B. Bouchard et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11656366

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Short summary
Observations over several winters at two boreal sites in eastern Canada show that rain-on-snow (ROS) events lead to the formation of melt–freeze layers and that preferential flow is an important water transport mechanism in the sub-canopy snowpack. Simulations with SNOWPACK generally show good agreement with observations, except for the reproduction of melt–freeze layers. This was improved by simulating intercepted snow microstructure evolution, which also modulates ROS-induced runoff.
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