SNOW ALBEDO TUNING
(simulations comparison)

Simulations

LABEL	PARAMETERS
std	all standard parameters optimized background map optimized ALB_LEAF coefficients
trans02	snow_trans = 0.2
trans01	snow_trans = 0.1
tcst10	tcst_snowa = 10
trans02tcst10	snow_trans = 0.2 tcst_snowa = 10
trans02tcst10coef	snow_trans = 0.2 tcst_snowa = 10 snowa_aged and snowa_dec increased for VIS (*)

PARAMETER	PFT 1	PFT 2,3	PFT 4,5,7	PFT 6,8,9	PFT 10-13
snowa_aged	0.35	0	0.14	0.14	0.18
snowa_dec	0.45	0	0.06	0.11	0.52
snow_trans	0.3
tcst_snowa	5

PARAMETER	PFT 1	PFT 2,3	PFT 4,7 (NeEv)	PFT 5 (BrEv)	PFT 6,8 (BrDe)	PFT 9 (NeDe)	PFT 10-13
snowa_aged_vis*	0.5	0	0.15	0.14	0.14	0.22	0.35
snowa_dec_vis*	0.45	0	0.1	0.06	0.11	0.18	0.6

Map

Results

A BareSoil - 82%, PFT10 - 18%

B Broadleaf Deciduous (PFT6 - 100%)

C Needleleaf Evergreen (PFT7 - 100%)

D Broadleaf Deciduous (BS - 2%, PFT5 - 1%, PFT6 - 10%, PFT8 - 69%, PFT9 - 2%, PFT10 - 16%)

E Needleleaf Deciduous (PFT9 - 100%)

F MIX (PFT7 - 34%, PFT8 - 34%, PFT9 - 32%)

G Sarah (BS - 41%, PFT7 - 13%, PFT8 - 13%, PFT9 - 13%, PFT10 - 20%)

H Grass (PFT10 - 100%)

I Africa 1 (PFT2 - 9%, PFT3 - 18%, PFT11 - 63%, PFT13 - 10%)

J Africa 2 (BS - 2%, PFT3 - 2%, PFT11 - 60%, PFT13 - 36%)

K Africa 3 (BS - 20%, PFT3 - 11%, PFT5 - 1%, PFT11 - 67%, PFT13 - 1%)

L Arsène 1 (BS - 1%, PFT7 - 10%, PFT8 - 51%, PFT10 - 38%) pft*: BS - 20%, PFT8 - 45%, PFT10 - 35%

M Arsène 2 (PFT7 - 3%, PFT8 - 30%, PFT10 - 67%) pft*: BS - 10%, PFT7 - 20%, PFT8 - 20%, PFT10 - 50%

N Arsène 3 (BS - 20%, PFT8 - 20%, PFT10 - 60%) pft*: BS - 20%, PFT10 - 80%

O GLOBAL, NIR

P GLOBAL, VIS