6. One paragraph description of your model (e.g. abstract from report or
   paper);

INM snowmelt model is based on a physical heat balance method. It is an adaptation of 
the one layer model proposed by Kondo and Yamazaki (1990). As this one, it takes 
into account both the heat balance at the snow surface and that of the entire 
snow cover, and it predicts both the snow surface temperature and the freezing 
depth. As a new contribution, the model predicts also the evolution of the snow's 
liquid water content including its refreezing. The energy equation is formulated 
by means of two energy variables: the Liquid Content and the Cold Content. 
Percolation is an independent process that depends only on mass liquid fraction 
trough Darcy's law. The model has been validated through field measurements obtained 
at the instrumented site of  Le Col de Porte of the "Centre d'Etudes de la Neige 
(CEN-Meteo France)" corresponding to the winter seasons of 1988/89, 93/94 and 
94/95. The results show that the model correctly represents the evolution and 
melting of the seasonal snow.

50. Please provide references relevant to the model description and use.

Essery, R., Martin, E., Douville, H., Fernandez, A. and E. Brun (1998):
A comparison of four snow models using observations from an alpine site. 
Working Paper.

Fernadez, A. (1998): An energy balance model of seasonal snow evolution. 
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 23 (5/6), 661-666.