Should altitudinal gradients of temperature and precipitation inputs be inferred from key parameters in snow-hydrological models?

Ruelland, Denis

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2609-2020

Articles | Volume 24, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2609-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2609-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 5

Research article

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20 May 2020

Research article |

| 20 May 2020

Should altitudinal gradients of temperature and precipitation inputs be inferred from key parameters in snow-hydrological models?

Denis Ruelland

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Final revised paper (published on 20 May 2020)
Preprint (discussion started on 12 Nov 2019)

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Interactive comment on “Should altitudinal gradients of temperature and precipitation inputs be inferred from key parameters in snow-hydrological models?” by D. Ruelland.', Denis Ruelland, 03 Feb 2020
- AC3: 'Updated interactive comment on “Should altitudinal gradients of temperature and precipitation inputs be inferred from key parameters in snow-hydrological models?”', Denis Ruelland, 02 Apr 2020
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Feb 2020
- AC2: 'Interactive comment on “Should altitudinal gradients of temperature and precipitation inputs be inferred from key parameters in snow-hydrological models?”', Denis Ruelland, 25 Feb 2020
- AC4: 'Updated interactive comment on “Should altitudinal gradients of temperature and precipitation inputs be inferred from key parameters in snow-hydrological models?”', Denis Ruelland, 02 Apr 2020

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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) (18 Apr 2020) by Günter Blöschl

AR by Denis Ruelland on behalf of the Authors (19 Apr 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Apr 2020) by Günter Blöschl

AR by Denis Ruelland on behalf of the Authors (24 Apr 2020)

Short summary

Interpolation methods accounting for elevation dependency from scattered gauges result in inaccurate inputs for snow-hydrological models. Altitudinal gradients of temperature and precipitation can be successfully inferred using an inverse snow-hydrological modelling approach. This approach can significantly improve the simulation of snow cover and streamflow dynamics through more parsimonious parametrization.