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Articles | Volume 29, issue 4
Articles | Volume 29, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-887-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-887-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 29, issue 4
Research article
 | 
20 Feb 2025
Research article |  | 20 Feb 2025

The importance of model horizontal resolution for improved estimation of snow water equivalent in a mountainous region of western Canada

Samaneh Sabetghadam, Christopher G. Fletcher, and Andre Erler

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Snow water equivalent (SWE) is an environmental variable that represents the amount of liquid water if all the snow cover melted. This study evaluates the potential of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to estimate the daily values of SWE over the mountainous South Saskatchewan River Basin in Canada. Results show that high-resolution WRF simulations can provide reliable SWE values as an accurate input for hydrologic modeling over a sparsely monitored mountainous catchment.
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