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

The model uses daily-scale synoptic data to estimate the daily
fluctuations (accumulation/ablation) at the Falls Creek site
in the Australian Alps (elev. 1649 m). The model consists of
a statistical reegression relationship between daily snowpack
changes and a set of predictor variables. These include
the 500 hPa temperature, water vapour mixing ratio at 1000 hPa,
airstream speed at 100 hPa and 500 hPa and the wind direction
at 500 hPa. These variables are sampled along a transect south
of the model site, in the Bass Strait between Victoria and
Tasmania.


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

Hewitt, S. D., Finlayson, B. L., McMahon, T. A and Simmonds, I. 1997.
Assessing the sensitivity of Australian alpine snow cover to enhanced-
greenhouse climate change (in preparation)

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