Articles | Volume 18, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4589-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4589-2024
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08 Oct 2024
Research article |  | 08 Oct 2024

Simulating lake ice phenology using a coupled atmosphere–lake model at Nam Co, a typical deep alpine lake on the Tibetan Plateau

Xu Zhou, Binbin Wang, Xiaogang Ma, Zhu La, and Kun Yang

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Simulating lake ice phenology using a coupled atmosphere-lake model at lake Nam Co Xu Zhou https://doi.org/10.17632/bpjcbdkj4c.1

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The simulation of the ice phenology of Nam Co by WRF is investigated. Compared with the default model, improving the key lake schemes, such as water surface roughness length for heat fluxes and the shortwave radiation transfer for lake ice, can better simulate the lake ice phenology. The still existing errors in the spatial patterns of lake ice phenology imply that challenges still exist in modelling key lake and non-lake physics such as grid-scale water circulation and snow-related processes.