Articles | Volume 9, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1073-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1073-2016
Development and technical paper
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17 Mar 2016
Development and technical paper |  | 17 Mar 2016

Parameterization of the snow-covered surface albedo in the Noah-MP Version 1.0 by implementing vegetation effects

Sojung Park and Seon Ki Park

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AR by Seon Ki Park on behalf of the Authors (11 Aug 2015)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Aug 2015) by Jeremy Fyke
RR by Richard L.H. Essery (09 Sep 2015)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (18 Sep 2015) by Jeremy Fyke
AR by Seon Ki Park on behalf of the Authors (27 Nov 2015)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Dec 2015) by Jeremy Fyke
RR by Richard L.H. Essery (18 Dec 2015)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (06 Jan 2016) by Jeremy Fyke
AR by Seon Ki Park on behalf of the Authors (25 Jan 2016)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (28 Jan 2016) by Jeremy Fyke
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (15 Feb 2016)
ED: Publish as is (03 Mar 2016) by Jeremy Fyke
AR by Seon Ki Park on behalf of the Authors (06 Mar 2016)
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Short summary
Snow albedo varies with snow grain size, snow cover thickness, etc. It also depends on the spatial characteristics of land cover and on the canopy density and structure. The Noah-MP model shows a bias error of albedo in winter due to no proper reflection of the vegetation effect. We developed new parameters, called leaf index and stem index, which reflect the vegetation effect on winter albedo. The Noah-MP's performance in albedo has prominently improved with about 69 % decrease in the RMSE.