Testing and application of a model for snow redistribution (Snow_Blow) in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Stephanie C. Mills, Anne M. Le Brocq, Kate Winter, Michael Smith, John Hillier, Ekaterina Ardakova, Clare M. Boston, David Sugden, John Woodward
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic glaciology; glaciological model experiments; wind-blown snow; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Antarctic; Ellsworth Mountains; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.70; https://doaj.org/article/a8161878e1634b3bb2ae2b950caa5402

Wind-driven snow redistribution can increase the spatial heterogeneity of snow accumulation on ice caps and ice sheets, and may prove crucial for the initiation and survival of glaciers in areas of marginal glaciation. We present a snowdrift model (Snow_Blow), which extends and improves the model of...