Geoscientific Model Development (Dec 2018)
ESM-SnowMIP: assessing snow models and quantifying snow-related climate feedbacks
- G. Krinner,
- C. Derksen,
- R. Essery,
- M. Flanner,
- S. Hagemann,
- M. Clark,
- A. Hall,
- H. Rott,
- C. Brutel-Vuilmet,
- H. Kim,
- C. B. Ménard,
- L. Mudryk,
- C. Thackeray,
- L. Wang,
- G. Arduini,
- G. Balsamo,
- P. Bartlett,
- J. Boike,
- J. Boike,
- A. Boone,
- F. Chéruy,
- J. Colin,
- M. Cuntz,
- Y. Dai,
- B. Decharme,
- J. Derry,
- A. Ducharne,
- E. Dutra,
- X. Fang,
- C. Fierz,
- J. Ghattas,
- Y. Gusev,
- V. Haverd,
- A. Kontu,
- M. Lafaysse,
- R. Law,
- D. Lawrence,
- W. Li,
- T. Marke,
- D. Marks,
- M. Ménégoz,
- O. Nasonova,
- T. Nitta,
- M. Niwano,
- J. Pomeroy,
- M. S. Raleigh,
- G. Schaedler,
- V. Semenov,
- T. G. Smirnova,
- T. Stacke,
- U. Strasser,
- S. Svenson,
- D. Turkov,
- T. Wang,
- N. Wever,
- N. Wever,
- N. Wever,
- H. Yuan,
- W. Zhou,
- D. Zhu
Affiliations
- G. Krinner
- CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), 38000 Grenoble, France
- C. Derksen
- Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change, Toronto, Canada
- R. Essery
- School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK
- M. Flanner
- Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan 48109, USA
- S. Hagemann
- Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany
- M. Clark
- Hydrometeorological Applications Program, Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA
- A. Hall
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
- H. Rott
- ENVEO – Environmental Earth Observation IT GmbH, Innsbruck , Austria
- C. Brutel-Vuilmet
- CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), 38000 Grenoble, France
- H. Kim
- Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- C. B. Ménard
- School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK
- L. Mudryk
- Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change, Toronto, Canada
- C. Thackeray
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
- L. Wang
- Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change, Toronto, Canada
- G. Arduini
- European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, UK
- G. Balsamo
- European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, UK
- P. Bartlett
- Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change, Toronto, Canada
- J. Boike
- Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany
- J. Boike
- Department of Geography, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- A. Boone
- CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- F. Chéruy
- LMD-IPSL, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Pierre et Marie-Curie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France
- J. Colin
- CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- M. Cuntz
- INRA, Université de Lorraine, AgroParisTech, UMR Silva, 54000 Nancy, France
- Y. Dai
- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- B. Decharme
- CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- J. Derry
- Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies, Siverton, CO, USA
- A. Ducharne
- Sorbonne Universités, UMR 7619 METIS, UPMC/CNRS/EPHE, Paris, France
- E. Dutra
- Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- X. Fang
- Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
- C. Fierz
- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
- J. Ghattas
- Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), UPMC, 75252 Paris, France
- Y. Gusev
- Institute of Water Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- V. Haverd
- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- A. Kontu
- Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, 99600 Sodankylä, Finland
- M. Lafaysse
- Grenoble Alpes, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, CNRM, Centre d'Etudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
- R. Law
- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia
- D. Lawrence
- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
- W. Li
- National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
- T. Marke
- Department of Geography, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- D. Marks
- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Boise, ID, USA
- M. Ménégoz
- CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), 38000 Grenoble, France
- O. Nasonova
- Institute of Water Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- T. Nitta
- Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- M. Niwano
- Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tsukuba, Japan
- J. Pomeroy
- Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
- M. S. Raleigh
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science/Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
- G. Schaedler
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
- V. Semenov
- A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- T. G. Smirnova
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science/Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
- T. Stacke
- Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany
- U. Strasser
- Department of Geography, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- S. Svenson
- A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- D. Turkov
- Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- T. Wang
- Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- N. Wever
- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
- N. Wever
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- N. Wever
- Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- H. Yuan
- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- W. Zhou
- National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
- D. Zhu
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA, CNRS, UVSQ, Gif Sur Yvette, France
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-5027-2018
- Journal volume & issue
-
Vol. 11
pp. 5027 – 5049
Abstract
This paper describes ESM-SnowMIP, an international coordinated modelling effort to evaluate current snow schemes, including snow schemes that are included in Earth system models, in a wide variety of settings against local and global observations. The project aims to identify crucial processes and characteristics that need to be improved in snow models in the context of local- and global-scale modelling. A further objective of ESM-SnowMIP is to better quantify snow-related feedbacks in the Earth system. Although it is not part of the sixth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6), ESM-SnowMIP is tightly linked to the CMIP6-endorsed Land Surface, Snow and Soil Moisture Model Intercomparison (LS3MIP).
