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Snow Cover Reset Issue Between WRF Simulation Periods

wonseok ko

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Hello,
I have a question regarding the snow cover variable in WRF. I'm running the model for a 4-day period including spin-up time. During this period, it snowed on the first day, and snow cover persisted for the remaining three days. However, when I simulate the next 4-day period (also including spin-up), the initial snow cover is reset to zero in the input.
Is there a way to carry over the final snow cover fraction from the previous run so that it can be used as the initial snow cover for the next simulation?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you!
 
Are you able to run the 2nd 4-day simulation using the restart capability of WRF? In this case snowc from the previous run will be kept.
 
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