Welcome to
SNOW
MODELERS
INTERNET
PLATFORM
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Introduction
This website is intended to serve as a platform
for snow modelers to
display their models and share their scientific results. The idea was first
formulated in late 1990s when I was the Principal Investigator of a
NASA-funded snow modeling project
while at The University of Arizona. It was recognized that there was a need to
have a comprehensive survey about snow models designed for various applications
including snow physics, watershed modeling, land-surface parameterizations,
weather forecasting, climate simulation, and remote sensing. A
Snow Model Component Questionnaire was distributed through the internet
in May 1997. The primary reference was a survey conducted by World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) in mid-1980s in which there were replies from 11 snowmelt-runoff model
owners, whose models were hydrologically based and mainly for watershed
applications. This questionnaire extended to snow models used in numerical
weather forecasting models and global climate models as well as in snow physics
research. It was very encouraging that about
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replies were received then, and a website was created to document the results of that survey. That Arizona site
had been extensively accessed until it could no longer be maintained due to my
relocation. Now at the University of Texas at Austin, I have re-established
this site and aim to maintain it for the needs of snow modelers.
We welcome snow modelers to help update
information about their models.
Summary Report
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Preliminary Summary;
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Table 1. Participating models (in alphabetical order) and contact information;
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Table 2. List of model purposes, first year used and meteorological forcing data needs;
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Table 3. List of
model dimension, number of layers, code language, number of subroutines, number of lines,
time step, and recommended hardware;
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Table 4.
List of model water retention and percolation, meltwater refreezing, snow density,
heat capacity and conductivity, vapor transfer, heat transfer between
snowpack and the underlying soil, and heat convected by rainfall or snowfall;
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Table 5.
List of model drifting, subgrid
topography, snow-vegetation interaction, frozen soil, test with field data,
use of remote sensing data as input, and comparison with satellite data.
Individual
Response
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Australian (response from Simon Hewitt, Australia)
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BAIME
(response from Kazuo Mabuchi, Japan)
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BASE (response from Andy Pitman, Australia)
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BATS
(response from Zong-Liang Yang, USA)
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CLASS (response from Ross Brown, Canada)
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CROCUS (response from Eric Martin, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France)
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DARSSM
(response from Eva Kowalczyk, Australia)
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DHSVM (response from Pascal Storck, USA)
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ECHAM EMBM (response from Bettina Loth, Germany)
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ECHAM MLSM (response from Bettina Loth, Germany)
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GFDL GCM Snow Model (response from Ronald Stouffer, USA)
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HBV (response from Sjur A Kolberg, Norway)
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Hadley Centre/UKMO GCM LSM (response from Richard Essery, Hadley Centre, UK)
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IAP94 (response from Yong-Jiu Dai, China)
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IHACRES
Snow Melt/Accumulation Module (response from Sergei Schreider, Australia)
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INM(response from Alberto Fernandez, Spain)
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ISBA (response from Herve Douville, France)
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ISBA-ES (response from Aaron Boone, France)
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MAPS/RUC Snow Model (response from Tanya Smirnova, USA)
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MAR Snow Model (response from Filip Lefebre, Belgium)
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MOSAIC (response from Randy Koster, USA)
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MRI-CGCM ground hydrology model
(response from Akira Noda, Japan)
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MU-SNW
(response from Ian Simmonds, Australia)
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NCEP/OH/OSU
CAPS Model (response from Kenneth Mitchell, USA)
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NCEP/OH/OSU CAPS Model (response from Victor Koren, USA)
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NWSRFS SNOW-17 (response from Qingyun Duan, USA)
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RAMS Snow Model (response from Brent M. Lofgren, USA)
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RGM
(response from Dieter Scherer, Switzerland)
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SAST (response
from Shufen Sun, China)
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SEMS (response
from Glen Liston, USA)
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SHAW (response from Gerald Flerchinger, USA)
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SLURP (response from Geoff Kite, Canada)
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SNAP (response from Mary Albert, USA)
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SNOWPACK (response from Lehning Michael, Switzerland)
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SNTHERM (response from Ranchel Jordan, USA)
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SNTHERM (distributed) (response from Robert Davis, USA)
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SNTHERM.ver4 (response from Graham Glendinning, Austria)
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SOIL (response from Manfred Stahli, Sweden)
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SPONSOR
(response from Andrey B. Shmakin, Russia)
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SPS (response from Jinwon Kim, USA)
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SSiB (response from Yongkang Xue, USA)
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SSMI Derived Snow Cover Model (response from Alan Basist, USA)
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TSCM1 (response from Takeshi Yamazaki, Japan)
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TSCMM (response from Takeshi Yamazaki, Japan)
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UEB
(response from David Tarboton, USA)
Snow Meetings:
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Eastern Snow
Conference
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Western Snow Conference
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AGU Fall 2004
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C14: Experimental Catchments and Observatories for Cold Season Hydrologic
Analysis (Conveners: Danny Marks and John Pomeroy)
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C15: Recent Advances in Monitoring, Measuring, and Modeling Snow Processes
(Conveners: Timothy Link and Richard Essery)
Past Snow Meetings:
Have a good day!
Last updated on
07/14/09 10:40 AM