%0 Journal Article
%T Snow distribution over the Namco lake area of the Tibetan Plateau
%A M. Li
%A Y. Ma
%A Z. Hu
%A H. Ishikawa
%J Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions
%D 2009
%I Copernicus Publications
%X The mesoscale snow distribution over the Namco lake area of the Tibetan Plateau on October 2005 has been investigated in this paper. The control and sensitive experiments were conducted using Weather Research Model (WRF) with three nested grids that included a 1 km finest grid centered on the Namco station. Our simulation ran from 6 October through 10 October 2005, which was concurrent with long term meteorological observations. Evaluation against boundary layer meteorological tower measurements and flux observations showed that the model captured the observed 2 m temperature and 10 m winds reasonably well in the sensitive experiment. The results suggested that output snow depth maximum amounts from two simulated experiments were centered downwind shore of Namco lake. Modified surface parameters for example surface skin temperature on the lake help to increase simulated credibility.
%U http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/6/843/2009/hessd-6-843-2009.pdf