Phys.org March 1, 2023
Researchers in Switzerland have developed a new modelling framework for atmospheric flow simulations for cryospheric regions called CRYOWRF. CRYOWRF couples the state-of-the-art and used atmospheric model WRF (the Weather Research and Forecasting model) with the detailed snow cover model SNOWPACK. CRYOWRF makes it feasible to simulate the dynamics of a large number of snow layers governed by grain-scale prognostic variables with online coupling to the atmosphere for multiscale simulations from the synoptic to the turbulent scales. They also introduced a scheme for blowing snow in CRYOWRF. They described the technical design goals, model capabilities and the future roadmap for CRYOWRF’s development and usage… read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLE
Flexible time-stepping of SNOWPACK within CRYOWRF…. Credit: Geoscientific Model Development, 30 Jan 2023Â