Cryospheric and hydrological output data from a physical hydrology land-surface model

Multi-sites physical model outputs (multiple surface, snow, ice, and hydrological variables per site, including multi-layer outputs of soil and glacier layers) in high mountains (i.e. alpine ridges, glacier, alpine forests and clear cuts, and montane sites) in the Canadian Rockies.

Evaluate the coupled hydrology land-surface model (MESH), using the Canadian Land Surface Scheme (CLASS) at different alpine and glacierized research sites in the Canadian Rockies.

Snow and ice processes in high mountain environments are controlled by precipitation, blowing snow redistribution, sublimation, and the exchange of radiative and turbulent fluxes. Snow interception in forests is important in many alpine regions. The current dataset is the collection of simulated data at different alpine and glacierized research sites in the Canadian Rockies (e.g. alpine ridges, glacier, alpine forests and clear cuts, and montane sites). The coupled hydrology land-surface model (MESH), using the Canadian Land Surface Scheme (CLASS), is run using a physically based modeling approach based on the understanding of the hydrological system. For the different sites, the model was run in single column mode and forced by 30-min meteorological observations collected as part of the Canadian Rockies Hydrological Observatory. The forcing data of shortwave and longwave irradiance were adjusted to slopes; meanwhile, air temperature, humidity, pressure and precipitation were adjusted for elevation to the single column model site.

Model name: Coupled hydrology land-surface model (MESH), using the Canadian Land Surface Scheme (CLASS) Model version number: MESH (1.4) using CLASS (3.6) Model source/webpage: https://wiki.usask.ca/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=220332269 Model output pre-processing script: TBA. Scripts will be shared on github. Model output post-processing script: TBA. Scripts will be shared on github. Model setup: Physically based with no calibration. Time step: Hourly Initial condition: Physically based, set based on the understanding of the hydrological system Boundary condition: Physically based, set based on the understanding of the hydrological system