Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3153-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3153-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
Research article
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20 Jul 2015
Research article |  | 20 Jul 2015

Exploring the impact of forcing error characteristics on physically based snow simulations within a global sensitivity analysis framework

M. S. Raleigh, J. D. Lundquist, and M. P. Clark

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A sensitivity analysis is used to examine how error characteristics (type, distributions, and magnitudes) in meteorological forcing data impact outputs from a physics-based snow model in four climates. Bias and error magnitudes were key factors in model sensitivity and precipitation bias often dominated. However, the relative importance of forcings depended somewhat on the selected model output. Forcing uncertainty was comparable to model structural uncertainty as found in other studies.
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