Lac Blanc Pass: a natural wind-tunnel for studying drifting snow at 2700ma.s.l

• Main Authors: Naaim Bouvet, F., Guyomarc'h, G., Bellot, H., Durand, Y., Naaim, M., Vionnet, V., Genthon, C., Nishimura, K., Ito, Y., Prokop, A.
• Other Authors: IRSTEA GRENOBLE UR ETGR FRA, METEO FRANCE CNRM GAME UMR 3589 GRENOBLE FRA, UNIVERSITE DE GRENOBLE I UMR 5183 LGGE FRA, NAGOYA UNIVERSITY JPN, BOKU UNIVERSITY AUT, SIERRA NEIGE THONES FRA
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Irstea, ANENA, Meteo France 2013
• Subjects: TRANSPORT DE NEIGE PAR LE VENT; NEIGE SOUFFLEE; CAPTEUR; MODELE NUMERIQUE; SNOW; WIND; DRIFTING SNOW; BLOWING SNOW; MODEL; SENSOR; SENSORS; NUMERICAL MODEL; Lac Blanc; Adelie Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://irsteadoc.irstea.fr/cemoa/PUB00040268

The investigation of the spatial variability of snow depth in high alpine areas is an important topic in snow hydrology, glacier and avalanche research and the transport of snow by wind is an important process for the distribution of snow in mountainous regions. That's why, for 25 years IRSTEA...