Improved parameterization of snow albedo in Noah coupled with Weather Research and Forecasting: applicability to snow estimates for the Tibetan Plateau
Lian Liu,Yaoming Ma,Massimo Menenti,Rongmingzhu Su,Nan Yao,and Weiqiang Ma
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Land–Atmosphere Interaction and its Climatic Effects Group, State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Land–Atmosphere Interaction and its Climatic Effects Group, State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Massimo Menenti
State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Rongmingzhu Su
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Land–Atmosphere Interaction and its Climatic Effects Group, State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Nan Yao
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Land–Atmosphere Interaction and its Climatic Effects Group, State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Land–Atmosphere Interaction and its Climatic Effects Group, State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Viewed
Total article views: 3,994 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML
PDF
XML
Total
BibTeX
EndNote
2,781
1,115
98
3,994
106
155
HTML: 2,781
PDF: 1,115
XML: 98
Total: 3,994
BibTeX: 106
EndNote: 155
Views and downloads (calculated since 14 Jun 2021)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 14 Jun 2021)
Total article views: 3,268 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML
PDF
XML
Total
BibTeX
EndNote
2,400
786
82
3,268
101
145
HTML: 2,400
PDF: 786
XML: 82
Total: 3,268
BibTeX: 101
EndNote: 145
Views and downloads (calculated since 10 Sep 2021)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 10 Sep 2021)
Total article views: 726 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML
PDF
XML
Total
BibTeX
EndNote
381
329
16
726
5
10
HTML: 381
PDF: 329
XML: 16
Total: 726
BibTeX: 5
EndNote: 10
Views and downloads (calculated since 14 Jun 2021)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 14 Jun 2021)
Viewed (geographical distribution)
Total article views: 3,994 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Thereof 3,871 with geography defined
and 123 with unknown origin.
Total article views: 3,268 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Thereof 3,146 with geography defined
and 122 with unknown origin.
Total article views: 726 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Thereof 725 with geography defined
and 1 with unknown origin.
Albedo is a key factor in land surface energy balance, which is difficult to successfully reproduce by models. Here, we select eight snow events on the Tibetan Plateau to evaluate the universal improvements of our improved albedo scheme. The RMSE relative reductions for temperature, albedo, sensible heat flux and snow depth reach 27%, 32%, 13% and 21%, respectively, with remarkable increases in the correlation coefficients. This presents a strong potential of our scheme for modeling snow events.
Albedo is a key factor in land surface energy balance, which is difficult to successfully...
