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This paper describes a modified version of SSIB through implementing a new snow model (SAST) in Simplified Simple Biosphere Model SSIB for climate study and presents the evaluation results by testing the scheme based on the field data from Russia and France. The relevant equations in the scheme are given, which describe complicated interactive processes among air-vegetation-snow-soil continuum through mass and heat exchange. An efficient numerical scheme is developed to solve the nonlinear equations successfully. By using the field data from Russia and France, the function of the new scheme is evaluated. The numerical results from the scheme show good agreement with field data. It indicates that the scheme developed here is workable and can be extended for climate study.
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This work was supported by the foundation from China: 1)NSF Grant 49835010, 2) National key program G1998040900—Part 1, 3) NSF 40075019, 4) NSF 49823002.
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Shufen, S., Yongkang, X. Implementing a new snow scheme in Simplified Simple Biosphere Model. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 18, 335–354 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02919314
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