Snow hydrology in Mediterranean mountain regions: A review

A Fayad, S Gascoin, G Faour, JI López-Moreno… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Water resources in Mediterranean regions are under increasing pressure due to climate
change, economic development, and population growth. Many Mediterranean rivers have …

The S2M meteorological and snow cover reanalysis over the French mountainous areas, description and evaluation (1958–2020)

M Vernay, M Lafaysse, D Monteiro… - Earth System …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
This work introduces the S2M (SAFRAN–SURFEX/ISBA–Crocus–MEPRA) meteorological
and snow cover reanalysis in the French Alps, Pyrenees and Corsica, spanning the time …

Multi-scale snowdrift-permitting modelling of mountain snowpack

V Vionnet, CB Marsh, B Menounos… - The Cryosphere …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
The interaction of mountain terrain with meteorological processes causes substantial
temporal and spatial variability in snow accumulation and ablation. Processes impacted by …

[HTML][HTML] A random forest model to assess snow instability from simulated snow stratigraphy

S Mayer, A van Herwijnen, F Techel… - The Cryosphere, 2022 - tc.copernicus.org
Modeled snow stratigraphy and instability data are a promising source of information for
avalanche forecasting. While instability indices describing the mechanical processes of dry …

Using snow depth observations to provide insight into the quality of snowpack simulations for regional-scale avalanche forecasting

S Horton, P Haegeli - The Cryosphere, 2022 - tc.copernicus.org
The combination of numerical weather prediction and snowpack models has potential to
provide valuable information about snow avalanche conditions in remote areas. However …

Snow level from post‐processing of atmospheric model improves snowfall estimate and snowpack prediction in mountains

V Vionnet, M Verville, V Fortin… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In mountains, the precipitation phase greatly varies in space and time and affects the
evolution of the snow cover. Snowpack models usually rely on precipitation‐phase …

Assessment of uncertainty sources in snow cover simulation in the Tibetan Plateau

Y Jiang, F Chen, Y Gao, C He… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Snow cover over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays an important role in Asian climate. State‐of‐
the‐art models, however, show significant simulation biases. In this study, we assess the …

Snow redistribution in an intermediate-complexity snow hydrology modelling framework

L Quéno, R Mott, P Morin, B Cluzet… - …, 2023 - egusphere.copernicus.org
Snow hydrological regimes in mountainous catchments are strongly influenced by
snowpack heterogeneity resulting from wind-and gravity-induced redistribution processes …

Numerical weather forecasts at kilometer scale in the French Alps: Evaluation and application for snowpack modeling

V Vionnet, I Dombrowski-Etchevers… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Numerical weather prediction (NWP) systems operating at kilometer scale in mountainous
terrain offer appealing prospects for forecasting the state of snowpack in support of …

Improving the spatial distribution of snow cover simulations by assimilation of satellite stereoscopic imagery

C Deschamps‐Berger, B Cluzet… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Moutain snow cover is highly variable both spatially and temporally and has a tremendous
impact on ecosystems and human activities. Numerical models provide continuous …