Simulating ice layer formation under the presence of preferential flow in layered snowpacks

Wever, Nander; Würzer, Sebastian; Fierz, Charles; Lehning, Michael

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2731-2016

Articles | Volume 10, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2731-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2731-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 6

Research article

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16 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 16 Nov 2016

Simulating ice layer formation under the presence of preferential flow in layered snowpacks

Nander Wever, Sebastian Würzer, Charles Fierz, and Michael Lehning

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RC1: 'review comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Sep 2016
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RC2: 'Comments on 'Simulating ice layer formation under the presence of preferential flow in layered snowpacks'', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Sep 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Nander Wever, 18 Oct 2016

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AR by Nander Wever on behalf of the Authors (19 Oct 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (01 Nov 2016) by Philip Marsh

AR by Nander Wever on behalf of the Authors (01 Nov 2016)

Short summary

The study presents a dual domain approach to simulate liquid water flow in snow using the 1-D physics based snow cover model SNOWPACK. In this approach, the pore space is separated into a part for matrix flow and a part that represents preferential flow. Using this approach, water can percolate sub-freezing snow and form dense (ice) layers. A comparison with snow pits shows that some of the observed ice layers were reproduced by the model while others remain challenging to simulate.