The role of liquid water percolation representation in estimating snow water equivalent in a Mediterranean mountain region (Mount Lebanon)

Fayad, Abbas; Gascoin, Simon

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1527-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1527-2020

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01 Apr 2020

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| 01 Apr 2020

The role of liquid water percolation representation in estimating snow water equivalent in a Mediterranean mountain region (Mount Lebanon)

Abbas Fayad and Simon Gascoin

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RC1: 'Review 1', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Nov 2019
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer 1', Abbas Fayad, 01 Jan 2020
RC2: 'Review comments on hess-2019-514, entitled, "The role of liquid water percolation representation to estimate snow water equivalent in a Mediterranean mountain region (Mount Lebanon)"', A.N. Arslan, 12 Nov 2019
- AC2: 'Response to A.N. Arslan (reviewer 2)', Abbas Fayad, 01 Jan 2020

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (05 Jan 2020) by Adriaan J. (Ryan) Teuling

AR by Abbas Fayad on behalf of the Authors (14 Feb 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (16 Feb 2020) by Adriaan J. (Ryan) Teuling

Short summary

Seasonal snowpack is an essential water resource in Mediterranean mountains. Here, we look at the role of water percolation in simulating snow mass (SWE), for the first time, in Mount Lebanon. We use SnowModel, a distributed snow model, forced by station data. The main sources of uncertainty were attributed to rain–snow partitioning, transient winter snowmelt, and the subpixel snow cover. Yet, we show that a process-based model is suitable to simulate wet snowpack in Mediterranean mountains.