Regional Snow Parameters Estimation for Large-Domain Hydrological Applications in the Western United States
Abstract
In snow-dominated regions, a critical source of uncertainty in hydrologic prediction and forecasting is the magnitude and distribution of snow water equivalent (SWE). With ensemble simulations, we demonstrate that SWE variability across the mountain ranges of the western United States (represented by 246 Snow Telemetry stations) can largely be captured at the daily time scale by a simple mass and energy-balance snow model with four physically reasonable parameters—three snow albedo parameters and one snow temperature threshold for precipitation partitioning. The model skill is lower in the maritime Pacific Northwest where SWE variability is more sensitive to errors associated with simulated energy balance (e.g., downward radiation fluxes) and the temperature-only precipitation partitioning approach. Poor model skill in high-altitude, windy locations in the Northern Rockies can be attributed to precipitation undercatch and underrepresented wind processes. For the purpose of large-domain hydrologic applications, regional snow parameters were developed for eight ecoregions characterized by a distinct hydroclimatic regime across the western United States. Results indicate that regionally coherent snow parameterizations are able to capture daily variations in SWE at most Snow Telemetry stations, suggesting that areas with a similar hydroclimate share a similar snow regime. While the three albedo parameters show limited spatial variabilitymore »
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- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
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Journal ID: ISSN 2169-897X
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- AC05-76RL01830; RC‐2546
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- Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
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- Journal Volume: 124; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-897X
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- American Geophysical Union
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- United States
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- English
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- 58 GEOSCIENCES; snow modeling skill, DHSVM, Western United States, SNOTEL, predictive uncertainty, parameter sensitivity and transferability
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Sun, Ning, Yan, Hongxiang, Wigmosta, Mark S., Leung, L. Ruby, Skaggs, Richard, and Hou, Zhangshuan. Regional Snow Parameters Estimation for Large-Domain Hydrological Applications in the Western United States. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1029/2018JD030140.
Sun, Ning, Yan, Hongxiang, Wigmosta, Mark S., Leung, L. Ruby, Skaggs, Richard, & Hou, Zhangshuan. Regional Snow Parameters Estimation for Large-Domain Hydrological Applications in the Western United States. United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD030140
Sun, Ning, Yan, Hongxiang, Wigmosta, Mark S., Leung, L. Ruby, Skaggs, Richard, and Hou, Zhangshuan. Tue .
"Regional Snow Parameters Estimation for Large-Domain Hydrological Applications in the Western United States". United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD030140. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1532548.
@article{osti_1532548,
title = {Regional Snow Parameters Estimation for Large-Domain Hydrological Applications in the Western United States},
author = {Sun, Ning and Yan, Hongxiang and Wigmosta, Mark S. and Leung, L. Ruby and Skaggs, Richard and Hou, Zhangshuan},
abstractNote = {In snow-dominated regions, a critical source of uncertainty in hydrologic prediction and forecasting is the magnitude and distribution of snow water equivalent (SWE). With ensemble simulations, we demonstrate that SWE variability across the mountain ranges of the western United States (represented by 246 Snow Telemetry stations) can largely be captured at the daily time scale by a simple mass and energy-balance snow model with four physically reasonable parameters—three snow albedo parameters and one snow temperature threshold for precipitation partitioning. The model skill is lower in the maritime Pacific Northwest where SWE variability is more sensitive to errors associated with simulated energy balance (e.g., downward radiation fluxes) and the temperature-only precipitation partitioning approach. Poor model skill in high-altitude, windy locations in the Northern Rockies can be attributed to precipitation undercatch and underrepresented wind processes. For the purpose of large-domain hydrologic applications, regional snow parameters were developed for eight ecoregions characterized by a distinct hydroclimatic regime across the western United States. Results indicate that regionally coherent snow parameterizations are able to capture daily variations in SWE at most Snow Telemetry stations, suggesting that areas with a similar hydroclimate share a similar snow regime. While the three albedo parameters show limited spatial variability across all regions, the regional snow temperature threshold (Ts) shows marked spatial variation correlated with relative humidity; the Ts values increase from 0.2 °C in the higher-humidity Pacific Northwest to 4.0 °C in the colder, lower-humidity Rocky Mountains.},
doi = {10.1029/2018JD030140},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres},
number = 10,
volume = 124,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {5}
}
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