Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 30, issue 10
Articles | Volume 30, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-3331-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-3331-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 30, issue 10
Research article
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28 May 2026
Research article |  | 28 May 2026

Can streamflow observations constrain snow mass reconstructions? Lessons from two synthetic numerical experiments

Pau Wiersma, Jan Magnusson, Nadav Peleg, Bettina Schaefli, and Gregoire Mariethoz

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Streamflow observations contain information about snow, but their potential to constrain seasonal snow mass reconstructions remains underexplored. Using inverse hydrological modeling, we show that streamflow is particularly effective at constraining catchment-aggregated melt rates, but that non-uniqueness in the snow–streamflow relationship and uncertainties in the inverse modeling chain can easily limit inversion performance.

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