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The aim of this chapter is to present the development of a physically based snowcover model, for simulating snow accumulation and snowmelt. The model can be used for operational purposes in large river basins with minimum daily input data. It may be expected that a physically based model would provide better predictions than the common degree-day snow models normally used in operational catchment hydrology. However, such an advantage has not yet been achieved with the model presented or with any other physical snowcover model; although they do have the advantage of providing information on the different processes included in snow accumulation and snowmelt phenomenon, such as snow density and depth, providing information for studies on soil frost simulation or for calculation of snow albedo. This information can be used in developing simpler snow models.
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Vehviläinen, B. (1991). A Physically Based Snowcover Model. In: Bowles, D.S., O’Connell, P.E. (eds) Recent Advances in the Modeling of Hydrologic Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 345. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3480-4_6
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