Articles | Volume 24, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2141-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2141-2020
Research article
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30 Apr 2020
Research article |  | 30 Apr 2020

Assessing the factors governing the ability to predict late-spring flooding in cold-region mountain basins

Vincent Vionnet, Vincent Fortin, Etienne Gaborit, Guy Roy, Maria Abrahamowicz, Nicolas Gasset, and John W. Pomeroy

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (15 Oct 2019) by Yanping Li
AR by Vincent Vionnet on behalf of the Authors (20 Dec 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Jan 2020) by Yanping Li
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (08 Feb 2020)
RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (18 Feb 2020)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (03 Mar 2020) by Yanping Li
AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (11 Mar 2020)  Author's response
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (15 Mar 2020) by Yanping Li
ED: Publish as is (30 Mar 2020) by Yanping Li
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Short summary
The 2013 Alberta flood in Canada was typical of late-spring floods in mountain basins combining intense precipitation with rapid melting of late-lying snowpack. Hydrological simulations of this event are mainly influenced by (i) the spatial resolution of the atmospheric forcing due to the best estimate of precipitation at the kilometer scale and changes in turbulent fluxes contributing to snowmelt and (ii) uncertainties in initial snow conditions at high elevations. Soil texture has less impact.