Assessment of a multiresolution snow reanalysis  framework: a multidecadal reanalysis case over  the upper Yampa River basin, Colorado

Baldo, Elisabeth; Margulis, Steven A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3575-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3575-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3575-2018

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Articles | Volume 22, issue 7

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02 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 02 Jul 2018

Assessment of a multiresolution snow reanalysis framework: a multidecadal reanalysis case over the upper Yampa River basin, Colorado

Elisabeth Baldo and Steven A. Margulis

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of “Assessment of a multi-resolution snow reanalysis framework: a multi-decadal reanalysis case over the Upper Yampa River Basin, Colorado"', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jan 2018
- AC1: 'Final response to Referee #1', Elisabeth Baldo, 09 Feb 2018
RC2: 'Review of "Assessment of a multi-resolution snow reanalysis framework: a multi-decadal reanalysis case over the Upper Yampa River Basin, Colorado"', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Jan 2018
- AC2: 'Final response to referee #2', Elisabeth Baldo, 09 Feb 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (19 Feb 2018) by Matthias Bernhardt

AR by Elisabeth Baldo on behalf of the Authors (21 Mar 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Apr 2018) by Matthias Bernhardt

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (14 May 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (14 May 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (29 May 2018)

ED: Publish as is (06 Jun 2018) by Matthias Bernhardt

AR by Elisabeth Baldo on behalf of the Authors (15 Jun 2018)

Short summary

Montane snowpacks are extremely complex to represent and usually require assimilating remote sensing images at very fine spatial resolutions, which is computationally expensive. Adapting the grid size of the terrain to its complexity was shown to cut runtime and storage needs by half while preserving the accuracy of ~ 100 m snow estimates. This novel approach will facilitate the large-scale implementation of high-resolution remote sensing data assimilation over snow-dominated montane ranges.