Tomography-based monitoring of isothermal snow metamorphism under advective conditions
Time-lapse X-ray microtomography was used to investigate the structural dynamics of isothermal snow metamorphism exposed to an advective airflow. The effect of diffusion and advection across the snow pores on the snow microstructure were analysed in controlled laboratory experiments and possible eff...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:1b51e27adf9543c6a7e8f06aaa2e1940 2023-05-15T18:32:20+02:00 Tomography-based monitoring of isothermal snow metamorphism under advective conditions P. P. Ebner M. Schneebeli A. Steinfeld 2015-07-01 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1363-2015 http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/1363/2015/tc-9-1363-2015.pdf https://doaj.org/article/1b51e27adf9543c6a7e8f06aaa2e1940 en eng Copernicus Publications 1994-0416 1994-0424 doi:10.5194/tc-9-1363-2015 http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/1363/2015/tc-9-1363-2015.pdf https://doaj.org/article/1b51e27adf9543c6a7e8f06aaa2e1940 undefined The Cryosphere, Vol 9, Iss 4, Pp 1363-1371 (2015) geo envir Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2015 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1363-2015 2023-01-22T18:19:31Z Time-lapse X-ray microtomography was used to investigate the structural dynamics of isothermal snow metamorphism exposed to an advective airflow. The effect of diffusion and advection across the snow pores on the snow microstructure were analysed in controlled laboratory experiments and possible effects on natural snowpacks discussed. The 3-D digital geometry obtained by tomographic scans was used in direct pore-level numerical simulations to determine the effective permeability. The results showed that isothermal advection with saturated air have no influence on the coarsening rate that is typical for isothermal snow metamorphism. Isothermal snow metamorphism is driven by sublimation deposition caused by the Kelvin effect and is the limiting factor independently of the transport regime in the pores. Article in Journal/Newspaper The Cryosphere Unknown The Cryosphere 9 4 1363 1371 |
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Time-lapse X-ray microtomography was used to investigate the structural dynamics of isothermal snow metamorphism exposed to an advective airflow. The effect of diffusion and advection across the snow pores on the snow microstructure were analysed in controlled laboratory experiments and possible effects on natural snowpacks discussed. The 3-D digital geometry obtained by tomographic scans was used in direct pore-level numerical simulations to determine the effective permeability. The results showed that isothermal advection with saturated air have no influence on the coarsening rate that is typical for isothermal snow metamorphism. Isothermal snow metamorphism is driven by sublimation deposition caused by the Kelvin effect and is the limiting factor independently of the transport regime in the pores. |
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Tomography-based monitoring of isothermal snow metamorphism under advective conditions |
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Tomography-based monitoring of isothermal snow metamorphism under advective conditions |
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Tomography-based monitoring of isothermal snow metamorphism under advective conditions |
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