METRo article (METRo)

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This page is dedicated to the article published in the Journal of applied meteorology^[1] and who is at the foundation of METRo.

Note that METRo 3 differs from the software, METRo 1, described in this article. For any question about these differences or regarding this article, please contact the METRo developers.

Contents 1 Information 1.1 Runoff 2 Error 3 Reference

[edit] Information

[edit] Runoff

At the page 2029, the (10a) formula shows c=0.003 s^-1. How this value is true only for the water (liquid) case. In the case of the snow/ice runoff, the value is c=0.0003 s^-1.

In fact, the 10 factor for the snow comes from the assumption that the snow is removed at the 10 times more slowly than the water.

[edit] Error

For now, there is only one error that have been noted in the METRo article. It consists of a sign of one of the factor of the equation (13) at the page 2030:

The value for is negative: -

[edit] Reference

1. ↑ Crevier, L.-P., and Y. Delage. METRo: A New Model for Road-Condition Forecasting in Canada . Journal of applied meteorology Vol. 40, November 2001, pages 2026-2037.

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