Snowpack energy balance

Layer 1 — Physicsin the Cryospheric Physics subtree

Q_net = Q_sw + Q_lw + Q_h + Q_e + Q_g + Q_p; degree-day melt rate M = a (T - T_0); Anderson 1976 SNOW17 + Marks 1992 SNOBAL physics-based; basis of operational snowmelt forecasting.

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