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SUMMARY:EESS special event talk on "Operational snowmelt modelling in Swit
 zerland - Integrating observational data with advanced modelling approache
 s"
DTSTART:20160601T141500
DTEND:20160601T150000
DTSTAMP:20260511T120858Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dr Tobias JONAS\, Head Snow Hydrology Research Group\, WSL Ins
 titute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF\, Davos CH\nAbstract:\nThe dist
 ribution of seasonal snowcover is known to be highly variable in space and
  time. While data from longterm snow monitoring sites provide valuable inf
 ormation about the temporal dynamics of snowcover formation and depletion\
 , these data do not adequately describe the spatial variability of availab
 le snow water resources. Snowcover models on the other hand can replicate 
 the spatial distribution of snow but often deviate from observations due t
 o shortcomings related to input data and process representations within th
 e models.\nTo provide accurate information about available snow water reso
 urces in Switzerland at high spatial and temporal resolution\, we have dev
 eloped a monitoring framework that combines different types of snowcover m
 odels with data assimilation techniques to incorporate available observati
 onal data. This system is primarily in use for operational snowmelt foreca
 sting purposes but is also an excellent tool for deriving datasets of dist
 ributed snow water resources for related research.Short biography:\nDiplom
 a in Physics from the Fluid Dynamics Institute at Georg-August University 
 Göttingen\, Germany\;\nPh.D. from the Department of Environmental Science
 s\, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETHZ\;\nAt SLF/WSL since 
 2002\, head of the snow hydrology research group since 2006
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