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Land surface: introduction to cold processes

Learn about the unique role of snow in forecasting, from short-range to seasonal time scales.

Last updated: 11 December 2025
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Fundamentals

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Single module

What you'll learn

  • The main physical properties of snow
  • The role of snow in the climate system at different time scales
  • Seasonal regimes in high latitude (cold) regions
  • How snow models are integrated into NWP and climate models

Topic

Numerical Weather Prediction

Course Content

  • Land surface: introduction to cold processes

Tags

  • IFS
  • Physical processes
  • snow

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