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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3295-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3295-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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13 Jun 2018
Research article |
| 13 Jun 2018
| 13 Jun 2018
On the appropriate definition of soil profile configuration and initial conditions for land surface–hydrology models in cold regions
Gonzalo Sapriza-Azuri
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Departamento del Agua, Centro Universitario Regional Litoral Norte,
Universidad de la República, Salto, Uruguay
Pablo Gamazo
Departamento del Agua, Centro Universitario Regional Litoral Norte,
Universidad de la República, Salto, Uruguay
Saman Razavi
Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Department of Civil and Geological Engineering, University of
Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Howard S. Wheater
Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Department of Civil and Geological Engineering, University of
Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- The sources of supra-permafrost water and its hydrological effect based on stable isotopes in the third pole region Z. Li et al.
- Increasing the Depth of a Land Surface Model. Part II: Temperature Sensitivity to Improved Subsurface Thermodynamics and Associated Permafrost Response N. Steinert et al.
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Short summary
Arctic and subarctic regions are amongst the most susceptible regions on Earth to climate change. There, models require a proper representation of the interactions between climate and hydrology. Typically these model represent the soil with shallow depths, whereas for cold regions, deep soil is needed. To address this, we run model experiments to characterize the effect of soil depth and temperature soil initialization. Our results demonstrate that 20 m of soil profile is essential.
Arctic and subarctic regions are amongst the most susceptible regions on Earth to climate...
