Articles | Volume 12, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-5157-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-5157-2019
Model description paper
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11 Dec 2019
Model description paper |  | 11 Dec 2019

A module to convert spectral to narrowband snow albedo for use in climate models: SNOWBAL v1.2

Christiaan T. van Dalum, Willem Jan van de Berg, Quentin Libois, Ghislain Picard, and Michiel R. van den Broeke

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AR by Christiaan van Dalum on behalf of the Authors (06 Feb 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Feb 2019) by Didier Roche
RR by Kristian Pagh Nielsen (16 May 2019)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (20 May 2019) by Didier Roche
AR by Christiaan van Dalum on behalf of the Authors (27 Aug 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Aug 2019) by Didier Roche
RR by Kristian Pagh Nielsen (11 Sep 2019)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (18 Sep 2019) by Didier Roche
AR by Christiaan van Dalum on behalf of the Authors (25 Sep 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (23 Oct 2019) by Didier Roche
AR by Christiaan van Dalum on behalf of the Authors (30 Oct 2019)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Climate models are often limited to relatively simple snow albedo schemes. Therefore, we have developed the SNOWBAL module to couple a climate model with a physically based wavelength dependent snow albedo model. Using SNOWBAL v1.2 to couple the snow albedo model TARTES with the regional climate model RACMO2 indicates a potential performance gain for the Greenland ice sheet.