A simple model for local-scale sensible and latent heat advection contributions to snowmelt

Harder, Phillip; Pomeroy, John W.; Helgason, Warren D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1-2019

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02 Jan 2019

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A simple model for local-scale sensible and latent heat advection contributions to snowmelt

Phillip Harder, John W. Pomeroy, and Warren D. Helgason

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Final revised paper (published on 02 Jan 2019)
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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Phillip Harder, 02 Jun 2018
RC2: 'Review of Harder et al.', Richard L.H. Essery, 24 Apr 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Phillip Harder, 02 Jun 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) (14 Jun 2018) by Sean Carey

AR by Phillip Harder on behalf of the Authors (22 Oct 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Oct 2018) by Sean Carey

RR by Rebecca Mott (30 Oct 2018)

RR by Richard L.H. Essery (02 Dec 2018)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (07 Dec 2018) by Sean Carey

AR by Phillip Harder on behalf of the Authors (08 Dec 2018) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

As snow cover becomes patchy during snowmelt, energy is advected from warm snow-free surfaces to cold snow-covered surfaces. This paper proposes a simple sensible and latent heat advection model for snowmelt situations that can be coupled to one-dimensional energy balance snowmelt models. The model demonstrates that sensible and latent heat advection fluxes can compensate for one another, especially in early melt periods.