The seasonal snow cover dynamics: review on wind-driven coupling processes

R Mott, V Vionnet, T Grünewald - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The temporal evolution of seasonal snow cover and its spatial variability in environments
such as mountains, prairies or polar regions is strongly influenced by the interactions …

CFD modeling of snowdrift around a building: An overview of models and evaluation of a new approach

Y Tominaga, T Okaze, A Mochida - Building and Environment, 2011 - Elsevier
The first part of this paper provides an overview of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
modeling of snowdrift around a building by reviewing previous research including the …

Inhomogeneous precipitation distribution and snow transport in steep terrain

M Lehning, H Löwe, M Ryser… - Water Resources …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The inhomogeneous snow distribution found in alpine terrain is the result of wind and
precipitation interacting with the (snow) surface over topography. We introduce and explain …

A comprehensive numerical model of steady state saltation (COMSALT)

JF Kok, NO Renno - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The blowing of sand by wind, known as saltation, ejects dust aerosols into the atmosphere,
creates sand dunes, and erodes geological features. We present a comprehensive …

Performance of MAR (v3. 11) in simulating the drifting-snow climate and surface mass balance of Adélie Land, East Antarctica

C Amory, C Kittel, L Le Toumelin… - Geoscientific Model …, 2020 - gmd.copernicus.org
Drifting snow, or the wind-driven transport of snow particles and their concurrent
sublimation, is a poorly documented process on the Antarctic ice sheet, inherently lacking in …

[HTML][HTML] Computational fluid dynamics simulation of snowdrift around buildings: Past achievements and future perspectives

Y Tominaga - Cold Regions Science and Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the current status of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of
snowdrift around buildings and discusses the review findings to give insight into future …

Simulation of wind-induced snow transport and sublimation in alpine terrain using a fully coupled snowpack/atmosphere model

V Vionnet, E Martin, V Masson, G Guyomarc'h… - The …, 2014 - tc.copernicus.org
In alpine regions, wind-induced snow transport strongly influences the spatio-temporal
evolution of the snow cover throughout the winter season. To gain understanding on the …

Observations and simulations of new snow density in the drifting snow-dominated environment of Antarctica

N Wever, E Keenan, C Amory, M Lehning… - Journal of …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Owing to drifting snow processes, snow accumulation and surface density in polar
environments are variable in space and time. We present new field data of manual …

Blowing snow at Mizuho station, Antarctica

K Nishimura, M Nemoto - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2005 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Blowing snow observations were carried out at Mizuho station, Antarctica, from October to
November 2000. A blowing snow observation system including snow particle counters …

Snow saltation threshold measurements in a drifting-snow wind tunnel

A Clifton, JD Rüedi, M Lehning - Journal of Glaciology, 2006 - cambridge.org
Wind tunnel measurements of snowdrift in a turbulent, logarithmic velocity boundary layer
have been made in Davos, Switzerland, using natural snow. Regression analysis gives the …