PARAMETERIZATION OF THE SNOW COVER BOUNDA RY IN ENERGY-BALANCE CLIMATE MODELS

Authors
KISLOV AV
Citation
Av. Kislov, PARAMETERIZATION OF THE SNOW COVER BOUNDA RY IN ENERGY-BALANCE CLIMATE MODELS, Izvestia Akademii nauk. Rossijskaa akademia nauk. Fizika atmosfery iokeana, 32(1), 1996, pp. 42-45
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences",Oceanografhy
Journal title
Izvestia Akademii nauk. Rossijskaa akademia nauk. Fizika atmosfery iokeana → ACNP
ISSN journal
10236317
Volume
32
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
42 - 45
Database
ISI
SICI code
1023-6317(1996)32:1<42:POTSCB>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
In energy-balance climate models (EBM), differences in the reflectivit y of the earth's surface are commonly determined by means of a critica l temperature T-c for which it is assumed a snow-cover exists for T > T-c and is absent for T > T-c. A relation between the snow cover bound ary (SCB) and climatic variables is obtained on the basis of the theor y of similarity and dimension. It is shown that the location of the sn ow-cover boundary is determined not only by the temperature but also b y the air humidity.