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Research Project: Ecohydrology of Mountainous Terrain in a Changing Climate

Location: Northwest Watershed Research Center

Title: ESM-SnowMIP: Assessing models and quantifying snow-related climate feedbacks

Author
item KRINNER, GERHARD - National Council For Scientific Research-Cnrs
item DERKSEN, CHRIS - University Of Toronto
item ESSERY, RICHARD - University Of Edinburgh
item FLANNER, MARK - University Of Michigan
item HAGEMANN, STEFAN - Helmholtz Centre For Environmental Research
item CLARK, MARTYN - National Center For Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
item HALL, ALEX - National Center For Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
item ROTT, HELMUT - Austrian Institute Of Technology (AIT)
item BRUTEL-VUILMET, CLAIRE - National Council For Scientific Research-Cnrs
item KIM, HYUNGJUN - Austrian Institute Of Technology (AIT)
item MENARD, CECILE - University Of Edinburgh
item MUDRYK, LAWRENCE - University Of Toronto
item THACKERAY, CHAD - National Center For Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
item WANG, LIBO - University Of Toronto
item ARDUINI, GABRIELE - University Of Reading
item BALSAMO, GIANPAOLO - University Of Reading
item BARTLETT, PAUL - University Of Toronto
item BOIKE, JULIA - Helmholtz Centre
item BOONE, AARON - Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
item CHERUY, FREDERIQUE - Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
item COLIN, JEANNE - Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
item CUNTZ, MATTHIAS - Inland Northwest Research Alliance, Inra
item DAI, YONGJIU - Sun Yat-Sen University
item DECHARME, BETRAND - Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
item DERRY, JEFF - National Center For Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
item DUCHARNE, AGNES - Sorbonne Universities, Paris
item DUTRA, EMANUEL - Universidade Nova De Lisboa
item FANG, XING - Centre For Ecology & Hydrology
item FIERZ, CHARLES - Swiss Federal Research Institute Wsl
item GHATTAS, JOSEPHINE - Institut Pasteur - France
item GUSEV, YEUGENIY - Russian Academy Of Sciences
item HAVERD, VANESSA - Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
item KONTU, ANNA - Finnish Meteorological Institute
item LAFAYSSE, MATTHIEU - National Council For Scientific Research-Cnrs
item LAW, RACHEL - Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
item LAWRENCE, DAVE - National Center For Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
item LI, WEIPING - Chinese Academy Of Sciences
item MARKE, THOMAS - University Of Innsbruck
item Marks, Daniel

Submitted to: Geoscientific Model Development
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/19/2018
Publication Date: 12/10/2018
Citation: Krinner, G., Derksen, C., Essery, R., Flanner, M., Hagemann, S., Clark, M., Hall, A., Rott, H., Brutel-Vuilmet, C., Kim, H., Menard, C.B., Mudryk, L., Thackeray, C., Wang, L., Arduini, G., Balsamo, G., Bartlett, P., Boike, J., Boone, A., Cheruy, F., Colin, J., Cuntz, M., Dai, Y., Decharme, B., Derry, J., Ducharne, A., Dutra, E., Fang, X., Fierz, C., Ghattas, J., Gusev, Y., Haverd, V., Kontu, A., Lafaysse, M., Law, R., Lawrence, D., Li, W., Marke, T., Marks, D. 2018. ESM-SnowMIP: Assessing models and quantifying snow-related climate feedbacks. Geoscientific Model Development. 11(12):5027-5049. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-5027-2018.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-5027-2018

Interpretive Summary: This paper describes ESM-SnowMIP, an international coordinated modelling effort to evaluate current snow schemes against local and global observations in a wide variety of settings, including snow schemes that are included in Earth System Models. The project aims at identifying crucial processes and snow characteristics that need to be improved in 15 snow models in the context of local- and global-scale modeling. A further objective of ESM-SnowMIP is to better quantify snow-related feedbacks in the Earth system. ESM-SnowMIP is tightly linked to the Land Surface, Snow and Soil Moisture Model Intercomparison Project, which in turn is part of the 6th phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6).

Technical Abstract: This paper describes ESM-SnowMIP, an international coordinated modelling effort to evaluate current snow schemes against local and global observations in a wide variety of settings, including snow schemes that are included in Earth System Models. The project aims at identifying crucial processes and snow characteristics that need to be improved in 15 snow models in the context of local- and global-scale modeling. A further objective of ESM-SnowMIP is to better quantify snow-related feedbacks in the Earth system. ESM-SnowMIP is tightly linked to the Land Surface, Snow and Soil Moisture Model Intercomparison Project, which in turn is part of the 6th phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6).