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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
A distributed temperature-index ice- and snowmelt model including potential direct solar radiation
Contributor:
Hock, Regine
Published:
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1999
Published in:
Journal of Glaciology, 45 (1999) 149, Seite 101-111
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/s0022143000003087
ISSN:
0022-1430;
1727-5652
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
AbstractHourly melt and discharge of Storglaciären, a small glacier in Sweden, were computed for two melt seasons, applying temperature-index methods to a 30 m resolution grid for the melt component. The classical degree-day method yielded a good simulation of the seasonal patient of discharge, but the pronounced melt-induced daily discharge cycles were not captured. Modelled degree-day factors calculated for every hour and each gridcell from melt obtained from a distributed energy-balance model varied substantially, both diurnally and spatially. A new distributed temperature-index model is suggested, attempting to capture both the pronounced diurnal melt cycles and the spatial variations in melt due to the effects of surrounding topography. This is accomplished by including a radiation index in terms of potential clear-sky direct solar radiation, and thus, without the need for other data besides air temperature. This approach improved considerably the simulation of diurnal discharge fluctuations and yielded a more realistic spatial distribution of melt rates. The incorporation of measured global radiation to account for the reduction in direct solar radiation due to cloudiness did not lead to additional improvement in model performance.