Abstract: A methodology for assimilating ground-based and remotely sensed snow data within a snow-evolution modeling system (SnowModel) is presented. The data assimilation scheme (SnowAssim) is consistent with optimal interpolation ...

Abstract: vegetation-protruding-above-snow parameterization for earth system models was developed to improve energy budget calculations of interactions among vegetation, snow, and the atmosphere in nonforested areas. These areas ...

Abstract: rctic snow presence, absence, properties, and water amount are key components of Earth?s changing climate system that incur far-reaching physical and biological ramifications. Recent dataset and modeling developments permit ...

Abstract: ass changes and mass contribution to sea level rise from glaciers and ice caps (GIC) are key components of the earth?s changing sea level. GIC surface mass balance (SMB) magnitudes and individual and regional mean conditions ...

Abstract: Fluctuations in the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) surface mass balance (SMB) and freshwater influx to the surrounding oceans closely follow climate fluctuations and are of considerable importance to the global eustatic sea ...

Abstract: This paper describes the Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS) and the 20-km horizontal grid version of the Rapid Update Cycle (RUC20) atmospheric analyses datasets, which are available as part of the Cold Land ...

Abstract: The Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX) had a goal of describing snow-related features over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. This required linking disparate snow tools and datasets into one coherent, integrated ...

Abstract: SnowModel, a physically based snow-evolution modeling system that includes four submodels?MicroMet, EnBal, SnowPack, and SnowTran-3D?was used to simulate variations in Greenland [including the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS)] ...

Abstract: Meteorological forcing data are necessary to drive many of the spatial models used to simulate atmospheric, biological, and hydrological processes. Unfortunately, many domains lack sufficient meteorological data and available ...

Abstract: AbstractWe analyzed modeled river runoff variations west of the Andes Cordillera?s continental divide for 1979/80?2013/14 (35 years). Our foci were annual runoff conditions, runoff origins (rain, snowmelt, and glacier ice), ...