Radiation melt factor for old snow in the empirical snow melt function.
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Default |
Unit |
Symbol |
Equation |
Function |
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2 |
- |
s1 |
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A value of 0 implies that the melting of snow is independent of snow age. The normal value 2 implies that melting of old matured snow because of global radiation is 3 times as efficient as the melting of new snow.