Model:UEB

UEB

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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	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
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Supported platforms	Unix, Linux, Mac OS, Windows
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Programming language	Fortran90
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Code optimized	Single Processor
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Start year development	1994
Does model development still take place?	Yes
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Model availability	As code
Source code availability (Or provide future intension)	Through web repository
Source web address	https://bitbucket.org/dtarb/ueb/overview
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Program license type	Other
Program license type other	GNU General Public License
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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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Is there a manual available?	No
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Model website if any	https://bitbucket.org/dtarb/ueb/overview
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Featured reference(s)	Open Access Status	Year	Type of Reference	Cited
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, 131921–1933. 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199909)13:12/133.0.CO;2-S	unknown	1999	a module overview describing a module	178
Tarboton, D.G.; Chowdhury, T.G.; Jackson, T.H.; 1993. A Spatially Distributed Energy Balance Snowmelt Model. IAHS Publ. no. 228, 141-155. [1]	unknown	1993	a module overview describing a module	171