The effect of aeolian deposition on the surface roughness of melting snow, Byers Peninsula, Antarctica

• Published in: Hydrological Processes
• Main Authors: Fassnacht, S. R., Toro Velasco, M., Meiman, P. J., Whitt, Z. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2010
• Subjects: Byers; Byers peninsula; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7661; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fhyp.7661; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/hyp.7661

Abstract The surface of the snowpack is the bottom boundary layer for air movement, and its roughness influences aerodynamics. The presence of aeolian deposits on a snowpack decreases its albedo and is shown to decrease the roughness of the surface. During snowmelt in the Lake Limnopolar basin on By...