Integrating the Fokker-Planck Equation (FPE) subgrid snow model into the Rapid Refresh (RAP) weather forecast system for considering snow heterogeneity in surface-atmosphere interactions

Siwei He, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and National Research Council (NRC), Boulder, CO, United States, Tatiana G Smirnova, NOAA/ESRL/GSD - CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States and Stan Benjamin, NOAA ESRL Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO, United States