Impiego di misure nivometriche per l’analisi di un modello di accumulo e scioglimento nevoso

This paper concerns the analysis of the snow accumulation and melt model applied by ARPAE-SIMC (Regional Environmental Protection Agency – Hydro-Meteo-Climate Service) to monitor snow cover and Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) in the Emilia-Romagna region. Snow measurements acquired by the Meteomont Service for the avalanche risk assessment may represent a good tool to evaluate the model response. The analysis is focussed on the snow measurements station of Sestola – Lago della Ninfa, located in the Apennines mountain range (1550 m ASL). The temporal trend of SWE simulated by the model is compared to the available field data of SWE acquired during three snow-periods of 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15. A higher spatial density of the snow measurements network and a greater number of data acquired in each station would permit the possibility to apply a model calibration and validation over the whole region.