MEMLS3&a: Microwave Emission Model of Layered Snowpacks adapted to include backscattering

M Proksch, C Mätzler, A Wiesmann… - Geoscientific Model …, 2015 - gmd.copernicus.org
The Microwave Emission Model of Layered Snowpacks (MEMLS) was originally developed
for microwave emissions of snowpacks in the frequency range 5–100 GHz. It is based on six …

Antarctic Snow Failure Mechanics: Analysis, Simulations, and Applications

E Xiao, S Li, A Matin Nazar, R Zhu, Y Wang - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Snow failure is the process by which the stability of snow or snow-covered slopes is
destroyed, resulting in the collapse or release of snow. Heavy snowfall, low temperatures …

Estimating aerodynamic roughness over complex surface terrain

JM Nield, J King, GFS Wiggs, J Leyland… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Surface roughness plays a key role in determining aerodynamic roughness length (zo) and
shear velocity, both of which are fundamental for determining wind erosion threshold and …

Micrometeorological processes driving snow ablation in an Alpine catchment

R Mott, L Egli, T Grünewald, N Dawes, C Manes… - The …, 2011 - tc.copernicus.org
Mountain snow covers typically become patchy over the course of a melting season. The
snow pattern during melt is mainly governed by the end of winter snow depth distribution …

Measurement of atmospheric boundary layer based on super-large-scale particle image velocimetry using natural snowfall

M Toloui, S Riley, J Hong, K Howard, LP Chamorro… - Experiments in …, 2014 - Springer
We present an implementation of super-large-scale particle image velocimetry (SLPIV) to
characterize spatially the turbulent atmospheric boundary layer using natural snowfall as …

Micrometeorological and morphological observations of surface hoar dynamics on a mountain snow cover

F Stössel, M Guala, C Fierz, C Manes… - Water Resources …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The formation, growth, and destruction of surface hoar crystals is an important feature of
mountain snow covers as buried surface hoar layers are a frequent weak layer leading to …

Persistence in intra‐annual snow depth distribution: 2. Fractal analysis of snow depth development

M Schirmer, M Lehning - Water Resources Research, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We present an analysis of high resolution laser scanning data of snow depths of three
different slopes in the Wannengrat catchment (introduced in part 1) using omnidirectional …

Aerodynamic roughness length of fresh snow

C Gromke, C Manes, B Walter, M Lehning… - Boundary-Layer …, 2011 - Springer
This study presents the results from a series of wind-tunnel experiments designed to
investigate the aerodynamic roughness length z 0 of fresh snow under no-drift conditions. A …

Parameterization of centimeter-scale sea ice surface roughness using terrestrial LiDAR

JC Landy, D Isleifson, AS Komarov… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microwave scattering from sea ice is partially controlled by the ice surface roughness. In this
paper, we propose a technique for calculating 2-D centimeter-scale surface roughness …

[HTML][HTML] Snowfall deposition in mountainous terrain: a statistical downscaling scheme from high-resolution model data on simulated topographies

N Helbig, R Mott, Y Bühler, L Le Toumelin… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
One of the primary causes of non-uniform snowfall deposition on the ground in mountainous
regions is the preferential deposition of snow, which results from the interaction of near …