Diagnosing snow accumulation errors in a rain‐snow transitional environment with snow board observations          下载免费PDF全文

Nicholas E. Wayand  Martyn P. Clark  Jessica D. Lundquist 《水文研究》2017,31(2):349-363

Diagnosing the source of errors in snow models requires intensive observations, a flexible model framework to test competing hypotheses, and a methodology to systematically test the dominant snow processes. We present a novel process‐based approach to diagnose model errors through an example that focuses on snow accumulation processes (precipitation partitioning, new snow density, and snow compaction). Twelve years of meteorological and snow board measurements were used to identify the main source of model error on each snow accumulation day. Results show that modeled values of new snow density were outside observational uncertainties in 52% of days available for evaluation, while precipitation partitioning and compaction were in error 45% and 16% of the time, respectively. Precipitation partitioning errors mattered more for total winter accumulation during the anomalously warm winter of 2014–2015, when a higher fraction of precipitation fell within the temperature range where partition methods had the largest error. These results demonstrate how isolating individual model processes can identify the primary source(s) of model error, which helps prioritize future research.  相似文献   

Analysis of snowpack dynamics during the spring melt season for a sub‐alpine site using point measurements and numerical modeling          下载免费PDF全文

Mark S. Pleasants  Thijs J. Kelleners  Noriaki Ohara 《水文研究》2017,31(25):4568-4585

Snowpack dynamics through October 2014–June 2017 were described for a forested, sub‐alpine field site in southeastern Wyoming. Point measurements of wetness and density were combined with numerical modeling and continuous time series of snow depth, snow temperature, and snowpack outflow to identify 5 major classes of distinct snowpack conditions. Class (i) is characterized by no snowpack outflow and variable average snowpack temperature and density. Class (ii) is characterized by short durations of liquid water in the upper snowpack, snowpack outflow values of 0.0008–0.005 cm hr^?1, an increase in snowpack temperature, and average snow density between 0.25–0.35 g cm^?3. Class (iii) is characterized by a partially saturated wetness profile, snowpack outflow values of 0.005–0.25 cm hr^?1, snowpack temperature near 0 °C, and average snow density between 0.25–0.40 g cm^?3. Class (iv) is characterized by strong diurnal snowpack outflow pattern with values as high as 0.75 cm hr^?1, stable snowpack temperature near 0 °C, and stable average snow density between 0.35–0.45 g cm^?3. Class (v) occurs intermittently between Classes (ii)–(iv) and displays low snowpack outflow values between 0.0008–0.04 cm hr^?1, a slight decrease in temperature relative to the preceding class, and similar densities to the preceding class. Numerical modeling of snowpack properties with SNOWPACK using both the Storage Threshold scheme and Richards' equation was used to quantify the effect of snowpack capillarity on predictions of snowpack outflow and other snowpack properties. Results indicate that both simulations are able to predict snow depth, snow temperature, and snow density reasonably well with little difference between the 2 water transport schemes. Richards' equation more accurately simulates the timing of snowpack outflow over the Storage Threshold scheme, especially early in the melt season and at diurnal timescales.  相似文献   

Coupling snow accumulation and melt rate modules of monthly water balance models with the Jazim monthly water balance model     

Nadereh Tayefeh Neskili  Bahram Saghafian 《水文科学杂志》2017,62(14):2348-2368

Several models for simulation of water balance processes in semi-arid mountainous basins were developed by coupling different modules of existing water balance models (WBM). Snow accumulation and snowmelt rate relationships extracted from the McCabe-Markstrom, Guo, Rao-Al Wagdany and WASMOD-M WBMs, originally developed for basins with humid climate, were coupled with the Jazim WBM, primarily developed for arid basins. Karaj Basin, central Iran, with snowy autumn–winter and dry summer periods, was selected to assess model performance. The model parameters were optimized using a genetic algorithm (GA). All coupled models performed better than the non-modified (original) WBMs in the study basin. The coupled Jazim–McCabe-Markstrom model provided the best performance in simulating low and high monthly flows. It estimated the snowmelt runoff values more accurately than other proposed coupled models because the linear relationships used in the snow module of the McCabe-Markstrom model are more compatible with snow variations in the Karaj Basin.  相似文献   

The impacts of mountain pine beetle disturbance on the energy balance of snow during the melt period          下载免费PDF全文

Christopher M. Welch  Paul C. Stoy  F. Aaron Rains  Aiden V. Johnson  Brian L. McGlynn 《水文研究》2016,30(4):588-602

Mountain snowpacks provide most of the annual discharge of western US rivers, but the future of water resources in the western USA is tenuous, as climatic changes have resulted in earlier spring melts that have exacerbated summer droughts. Compounding changes to the physical environment are biotic disturbances including that of the mountain pine beetle (MPB), which has decimated millions of acres of western North American forests. At the watershed scale, MPB disturbance increases the peak hydrograph, and at the stand scale, the ‘grey’ phase of MPB canopy disturbance decreases canopy snow interception, increases snow albedo, increases net shortwave radiation, and decreases net longwave radiation versus the ‘red’ phase. Fewer studies have been conducted on the red phase of MPB disturbance and in the mixed coniferous stands that may follow MPB‐damaged forests. We measured the energy balance of four snowpacks representing different stages of MPB damage, management, and recovery: a lodgepole pine stand, an MPB‐infested stand in the red phase, a mixed coniferous stand (representing one successional trajectory), and a clear‐cut (representing reactive management) in the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest in Montana, USA. Net longwave radiation was lower in the MPB‐infested stand despite higher basal area and plant area index of the other forests, suggesting that the desiccated needles serve as a less effective thermal buffer against longwave radiative losses. Eddy covariance observations of sensible and latent heat flux indicate that they are of similar but opposite magnitude, on the order of 20 MJ m^?2 during the melt period. Further analyses reveal that net turbulent energy fluxes were near zero because of the temperature and atmospheric vapour pressure encountered during the melt period. Future research should place snow science in the context of forest succession and management and address important uncertainties regarding the timing and magnitude of needlefall events. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

雪粒径遥感反演研究进展     

郭忠明  王宁练 《冰川冻土》2011,33(3):539-545

介绍了雪粒径遥感反演的研究历史,阐述了球形或非球形假设下基于雪在可见光波段高反射,在红外区雪面反射率显著下降且对雪粒径变化敏感原理的遥感反演基础,其中包括诸如温度、波长、颗粒形状等,并总结了目前研究中所应用的模型和算法,指出其优点和不足之处.此外,为了得到反演粒径的准确性,讨论了诸如温度、波长、颗粒形状等因素对粒径反演...  相似文献   

CMIP3模式对未来50a欧亚大陆雪水当量的预估   总被引：5，自引：1，他引：4  

马丽娟  罗勇  秦大河 《冰川冻土》2011,33(4):707-720

为研究预估未来50a欧亚大陆雪水当量,基于遥感数据,用误差百分率、空间相关和误差标准差等统计方法,评估了14个CMIP3模式在20C3M的雪水当量产品,诊断各模式对欧亚大陆雪水当量的模拟能力,在此基础上对模拟效果较好的10个模式产品进行多模式集合,分析了A2和B1情景下2002—2060年欧亚大陆雪水当量的变化．结果表...  相似文献   

1970-2000年中国降雪量变化和区域性分布特征   总被引：16，自引：9，他引：7  

徐兴奎 《冰川冻土》2011,33(3):497-503

源自NOAA-NESDIS北半球积雪覆盖数据显示,20世纪70年代至2000年期间,我国降雪覆盖范围基本没有出现明显变化.依据全国无缺测、具有连续日降雪观测的台站资料波谱分析显示,1970-2000年我国降雪量年变化波谱组成比较简单,但具有明显的区域性分布特征和两种相反的变化趋势.划分出4个降雪量年变化相似区域:除东北...  相似文献   

基于MODIS双卫星积雪遥感数据的积雪日数空间分布研究   总被引：4，自引：2，他引：2  

刘俊峰  陈仁升 《冰川冻土》2011,33(3):504-511

结合Terra和Aqua卫星的积雪产品,获取2001-2006年全国新的逐日积雪覆盖数据,并利用此数据通过两种方案获取了全国积雪日数分布,对比发现3大稳定积雪区中,新疆地区积雪稳定性及连续性最好,东北其次,而青藏高原地区最差;通过595个气象台站年积雪日数数据分区分不同植被类型修正MODIS获得的年积雪日数.结果表明:...  相似文献   

2011-2013年乌鲁木齐城-郊冬季积雪深度与密度空间分布特征     

李小兰  姜逢清  王少平  王蕾  穆叶赛尔·吐地  张兆永  张登清 《冰川冻土》2015,37(5):1168-1177

利用2011-2013年冬季4次地面实测乌鲁木齐城-郊积雪深度与密度数据,应用普通克里格空间插值方法,分析了乌鲁木齐城-郊冬季积雪深度与密度从2011年12月下旬-2012年2月下旬及2012年1月中旬和2013年同期的时空分布特征.结果表明:乌鲁木齐城-郊冬季积雪深度与密度存在显著地区域分布差异及变化特征.整个冬季位于城东北部的米东石化工业园区积雪均较深,尤其12月和2月,在主城区内部又存在不同下垫面下积雪较多的区域.从12月下旬-次年2月下旬,积雪逐渐累积,且积雪深度比密度具有更大的空间变化幅度.除12月下旬大部分主城区雪密度比郊区大之外,1月中旬、2月下旬主城区雪密度均比城东和城东北方向低.2013年1月中旬积雪与2012年同期相比,平均积雪量明显偏厚,约31 cm,但雪密度变化范围不大且深度与密度的空间分布均发生明显改变.本文结果对于了解乌鲁木齐城区积雪的区域差异,为主城区道路积雪清运、保障道路通畅优化方案及春季融雪洪水防御预案的制定提供基础数据支撑,也可以弥补当前气象站点少且空间分布不匀的不足.此外,本文对卫星遥感数据反演的积雪参数精度验证也具有实际参考价值.  相似文献   

GPS信噪比用于雪深监测研究   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

戴凯阳  张双成  张勤  南阳  赵迎辉 《测绘科学》2015,(12)

针对利用全球导航卫星系统反射信号研究测站地表环境参数已成为一个新兴的研究课题这一现状,该文基于全球定位系统信噪比与信号振幅的变化特征,给出了基于全球定位系统多路径信号的全球定位系统多径反射技术用于雪深探测的基本原理。为了验证算法的有效性,利用美国PBO网络中P360站离散20d的全球定位系统原始观测数据进行雪深探测的反演实验。实验结果表明:全球定位系统多径反射技术反演雪深值与实测雪深值吻合较好,误差均值为0.07m,相关系数大于0.99。因此,利用全球定位系统信噪比可以进行雪深探测,在未来的全球导航卫星系统观测站建立时,可以考虑它在环境监测方面表现出来的潜能。  相似文献