The detailed snowpack scheme Crocus and its implementation in SURFEX v7.2

Detailed studies of snow cover processes require models that offer a fine description of the snow cover properties. The detailed snowpack model Crocus is such a scheme, and has been run operationally for avalanche forecasting over the French mountains for 20 yr. It is also used for climate or hydrol...

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Main Authors: V. Vionnet, E. Brun, S. Morin, A. Boone, S. Faroux, P. Le Moigne, E. Martin, J.-M. Willemet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-05-01
Series:Geoscientific Model Development
Online Access:http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/5/773/2012/gmd-5-773-2012.pdf