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UEB


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Model type Single
Model part of larger framework
Note on status model
Date note status model
Incorporated models or components:
Spatial dimensions 2D
Spatial extent Watershed-Scale
Model domain Hydrology, Terrestrial
One-line model description The Utah Energy Balance (UEB) Grid snowmelt model
Extended model description The Utah Energy Balance (UEB) snow model is an energy balance snowmelt model developed by David Tarboton's research group, first in 1994, and updated over the years. The model uses a lumped representation of the snowpack and keeps track of water and energy balance. The model is driven by inputs of air temperature, precipitation, wind speed, humidity and radiation at time steps sufficient to resolve the diurnal cycle (six hours or less). The model uses physically-based calculations of radiative, sensible, latent and advective heat exchanges. A force-restore approach is used to represent surface temperature, accounting for differences between snow surface temperature and average snowpack temperature without having to introduce additional state variables. Melt outflow is a function of the liquid fraction, using Darcy's law. This allows the model to account for continued outflow even when the energy balance is negative. Because of its parsimony (few state variables - but increasing with later versions) this model is suitable for application in a distributed fashion on a grid over a watershed.
Keywords:

snow dynamics, glacial melt,

Name David Tarboton
Type of contact Project manager
Institute / Organization Utah State University
Postal address 1 8200 Old Main Hill
Postal address 2
Town / City Logan
Postal code 84322-4110
State Utah
Country United States
Email address david.tarboton@usu.edu
Phone +1 (435) 797 3172
Fax +1 (435) 797 3663


Name Avirup Sen Gupta
Type of contact Model developer
Institute / Organization Utah State University
Postal address 1 8200 Old Main Hill
Postal address 2
Town / City Logan
Postal code 84322-4110
State Utah
Country United States
Email address avirup.sengupta@aggiemail.usu.edu
Phone
Fax


Supported platforms
Unix, Linux, Mac OS, Windows
Other platform
Programming language

Fortran90

Other program language
Code optimized Single Processor
Multiple processors implemented
Nr of distributed processors
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Start year development 1994
Does model development still take place? Yes
If above answer is no, provide end year model development
Code development status
When did you indicate the 'code development status'?
Model availability As code
Source code availability
(Or provide future intension)
Through web repository
Source web address https://bitbucket.org/dtarb/ueb/overview
Source csdms web address
Program license type Other
Program license type other GNU General Public License
Memory requirements --
Typical run time --


Describe input parameters The model is driven by inputs of air temperature, precipitation, wind speed, humidity and radiation at time steps sufficient to resolve the diurnal cycle (six hours or less)
Input format ASCII, Binary
Other input format NetCDF
Describe output parameters Snow melt
Output format ASCII, Binary
Other output format NetCDF
Pre-processing software needed? No
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Post-processing software needed? No
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Visualization software needed? No
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Describe processes represented by the model The model uses physically-based calculations of radiative, sensible, latent and advective heat exchanges.
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Do you have current or future plans for collaborating with other researchers? --
Is there a manual available? No
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Model website if any https://bitbucket.org/dtarb/ueb/overview
Model forum / discussion board
Comments This information is captured from the web and incorporated here by Albert Kettner


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OpenMI compliant No but possible
BMI compliant No but possible
WMT component No but possible
PyMT component
Is this a data component
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Model info
David Tarboton
Sen Gupta
Nr. of publications: 35
Total citations: 1698
h-index: 18
m-quotient: 0.56

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Nr. of publications: 35
Total citations: 1698
h-index: 18
m-quotient: 0.56



Featured publication(s)YearModel describedType of ReferenceCitations
Luce, Charles H.; Tarboton, David G.; Cooley, Keith R.; 1999. Sub-grid parameterization of snow distribution for an energy and mass balance snow cover model. Hydrological Processes, 13, 1921–1933. 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199909)13:12/133.0.CO;2-S
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1999 UEB
Model overview 173
Tarboton, D.G.; Chowdhury, T.G.; Jackson, T.H.; 1993. A Spatially Distributed Energy Balance Snowmelt Model. IAHS Publ. no. 228. Volume .
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1993 UEB
Model overview 167
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