Process diagnostics of snowmelt runoff in global hydrological and land surface models – Part 1: A systematic evaluation across basins of increasing complexity
Abstract. Accurate simulation of snowmelt runoff (SMR) is critical for water resource management. However, despite the abundance of global hydrological models, little is known about their SMR performance. This study presents a comprehensive evaluation of SMR across 15 state-of-the-art large-scale models and runoff prod...