Understanding snow bedform formation by adding sintering to a cellular automata model

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Sharma, Varun, Braud, Louise, Lehning, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Barchans; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3239-2019; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00049722; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00049341/tc-13-3239-2019.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/13/3239/2019/tc-13-3239-2019.pdf

Cellular-automata-based modelling for simulating snow bedforms and snow deposition is introduced in this study. The well-known ReSCAL model, previously used for sand bedforms, is adapted for this purpose by implementing a simple sintering mechanism. The effect of sintering is first explored for soli...