Simulation of wind-induced snow transport and sublimation in alpine terrain using a fully coupled snowpack/atmosphere model

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Vionnet, V., Martin, E., Masson, V., Guyomarc'H, G., Naaim Bouvet, F., Prokop, A., Durand, Y., Lac, C.
• Other Authors: Groupe d'étude de l'atmosphère météorologique (CNRM-GAME), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Météo France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Erosion torrentielle neige et avalanches (UR ETGR (ETNA)), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Institute for Sanitary Engineerind and Water Pollution, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien Vienne, Autriche (BOKU)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: EPAISSEUR DE NEIGE; MODELE NUMERIQUE; SUBLIMATION; ACCUMULATION DE NEIGE; TRANSPORT DE NEIGE PAR LE VENT; MODELISATION SPATIOTEMPORELLE; ALPES; SNOW; DRIFTING; BLOWING; WIND; MESO-NH; MODEL; MEASUREMENT; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Lac Blanc; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00979646; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00979646/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00979646/file/gr2014-pub00040751.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-395-2014

In alpine regions, wind-induced snow transport strongly influences the spatio-temporal evolution of the snow cover throughout the winter season. To gain understanding on the complex processes that drive the redistribution of snow, a new numerical model is developed. It directly couples the detailed...