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

• Main Authors: Stephanie Mills, Anne Le Brocq, Kate Winter, Michael Smith, John Hillier, Ekaterina Ardakova, Clare Boston, David Sugden, John Woodward
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Uncategorized; Antarctic glaciology; Glaciological model experiments; Wind-blown snow; Antarctic; Ellsworth Mountains; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Testing_and_application_of_a_model_for_snow_redistribution_Snow_Blow_in_the_Ellsworth_Mountains_Antarctica/9693104

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...