Determining TTOP model parameter importance and overall performance across northern Canada

Garibaldi, Madeleine C.; Bonnaventure, Philip P.; Way, Robert G.; Bevington, Alexandre; Smith, Sharon L.; Lamoureux, Scott F.; Holloway, Jean E.; Lewkowicz, Antoni G.; Ackerman, Hannah

doi:10.5194/tc-20-2375-2026

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Determining TTOP model parameter importance and overall performance across northern Canada

Madeleine C. Garibaldi, Philip P. Bonnaventure, Robert G. Way, Alexandre Bevington, Sharon L. Smith, Scott F. Lamoureux, Jean E. Holloway, Antoni G. Lewkowicz, and Hannah Ackerman

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