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Indicate why we have two variables for snow cover fraction (frac_sno_albedo and frac_sno_fluxes) and when they are different. #4219

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@olyson

What sort(s) of documentation issue is this?

  • Something is missing.
  • Something is (or might be) incorrect or outdated.
  • Something is confusing.
  • Something is broken.

What part(s) of the documentation does this concern?

  • Technical Note (science and design of the model)
  • User's Guide (using the model and related tools)
  • Somewhere else (e.g., README file, tool help text, or code comment): Please specify
  • I don't know

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As part of PR #4185, the frac_sno and frac_sno_eff variables were renamed to frac_sno_albedo and frac_sno_fluxes to better distinguish the difference between these two variables.
@swensosc also recommends "It would be a good idea to have a more detailed comment somewhere indicating why we have two variables and when they are different, i.e. which landunits (I think non-natveg and non-crop), and why (albedo uses fractional value, but heat transfer does not for those landunits). "
Presumably this detailed comment would go somewhere in the tech note.

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