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The point energy and mass balance model of a snow cover developed by Anderson in 1976 has been used to simulate the temperatures and densities within the snowpack on two sites. The first site is located in a subarctic setting, near Fairbanks Alaska. The second one is located in a mid latitude temperate climate, north of Quebec City, Canada. For Alaska, simulations are presented and compared with observed data for the period between November 1981 and May 1982 while for the lac Laflamme site the results are presented for April and May 1985. In both cases the initialization is done at the beginning of the run. The comparisons show that the model simulates both variables quite well even in the subarctic setting.
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Stein, J., Kane, D.L., Prévost, M., Barry, R., Plamondon, A.P. (1987). Prediction of Snow Density and Temperature Changes within Layers of the Snowpack using a Point Energy and Mass Balance Model. In: Jones, H.G., Orville-Thomas, W.J. (eds) Seasonal Snowcovers: Physics, Chemistry, Hydrology. NATO ASI Series, vol 211. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3947-9_10
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