Snowdrift modelling for the Vestfonna ice cap, north-eastern Svalbard

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: T. Sauter, M. Möller, R. Finkelnburg, M. Grabiec, D. Scherer, C. Schneider
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: geo; envir; Svalbard; Vestfonna; glacier; Ice cap; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1287-2013; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/7/1287/2013/tc-7-1287-2013.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/4ac251f3dbf7490b92059a9c95a9e2aa

The redistribution of snow by drifting and blowing snow frequently leads to an inhomogeneous snow mass distribution on larger ice caps. Together with the thermodynamic impact of drifting snow sublimation on the lower atmospheric boundary layer, these processes affect the glacier surface mass balance...