Brief communication: Two well-marked cases of aerodynamic adjustment of sastrugi

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Amory, C., Naaim-Bouvet, F., Gallée, H., Vignon, E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Austral; East Antarctica; Sastrugi; Antarc*; Antarctica; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-743-2016; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00013702; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00013658/tc-10-743-2016.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/10/743/2016/tc-10-743-2016.pdf

In polar regions, sastrugi are a direct manifestation of drifting snow and form the main surface roughness elements. In turn, sastrugi alter the generation of atmospheric turbulence and thus modify the wind field and the aeolian snow mass fluxes. Little attention has been paid to these feedback proc...