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Articles | Volume 18, issue 12
Articles | Volume 18, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5685-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5685-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 12
Research article
 | 
06 Dec 2024
Research article |  | 06 Dec 2024

Multi-physics ensemble modelling of Arctic tundra snowpack properties

Georgina J. Woolley, Nick Rutter, Leanne Wake, Vincent Vionnet, Chris Derksen, Richard Essery, Philip Marsh, Rosamond Tutton, Branden Walker, Matthieu Lafaysse, and David Pritchard

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5685-2024-supplement

Data sets

georginawoolley/Arctic_SVS2-Crocus: Arctic_SVS2_Crocus (v.1.1) Georgina Woolley https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14259166

Arctic SVS2-Crocus Ensemble Output Georgina Woolley https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25639215.v2

Model code and software

MESH_SVS/Arctic_Mods1 Georgina Woolley and Vincent Vionnet https://github.com/VVionnet/MESH_SVS/tree/Arctic_Mods1

Code for the Soil, Vegetation and Snow version 2 (SVS2) land surface model with Arctic modifications. (v.1) Georgina Woolley et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14273138

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Short summary
Parameterisations of Arctic snow processes were implemented into the multi-physics ensemble version of the snow model Crocus (embedded within the Soil, Vegetation, and Snow version 2 land surface model) and evaluated at an Arctic tundra site. Optimal combinations of parameterisations that improved the simulation of density and specific surface area featured modifications that raise wind speeds to increase compaction in surface layers, prevent snowdrift, and increase viscosity in basal layers.
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