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Research article
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16 Dec 2016
Research article |
| 16 Dec 2016
Near-surface snow particle dynamics from particle tracking velocimetry and turbulence measurements during alpine blowing snow storms
Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 5C8, Canada
John W. Pomeroy
Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 5C8, Canada
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- Experimental study on the air flow around an isolated stepped flat roof building: Influence of snow cover on flow fields F. Zhu et al. 10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104244
- Development of a large-eddy simulation coupled with Lagrangian snow transport model T. Okaze et al. 10.1016/j.jweia.2018.09.027
- Sedimentation of Snow Particles in Still Air in Stokes Regime T. Zeugin et al. 10.1029/2020GL087832
- An empirical model of snowdrift based on field measurements: Profiles of the snow particle size and mass flux W. Ma et al. 10.1016/j.coldregions.2021.103312
- Globally scalable alpine snow metrics N. Wayand et al. 10.1016/j.rse.2018.05.012
- Imaging-based 3D particle tracking system for field characterization of particle dynamics in atmospheric flows N. Bristow et al. 10.1007/s00348-023-03619-6
- The Seasonal Snow Cover Dynamics: Review on Wind-Driven Coupling Processes R. Mott et al. 10.3389/feart.2018.00197
- Elucidation of spatiotemporal structures from high-resolution blowing-snow observations K. Nishimura et al. 10.5194/tc-18-4775-2024
- Modeling the small-scale deposition of snow onto structured Arctic sea ice during a MOSAiC storm using snowBedFoam 1.0. O. Hames et al. 10.5194/gmd-15-6429-2022
- Radar measurements of blowing snow off a mountain ridge B. Walter et al. 10.5194/tc-14-1779-2020
- Spatial snowdrift modelling for an open natural terrain using a physically‐based linear particle distribution equation N. Ohara et al. 10.1002/hyp.14468
- A novel framework to investigate wind-driven snow redistribution over an Alpine glacier: combination of high-resolution terrestrial laser scans and large-eddy simulations A. Voordendag et al. 10.5194/tc-18-849-2024
- Understanding snow saltation parameterizations: lessons from theory, experiments and numerical simulations D. Melo et al. 10.5194/tc-18-1287-2024
- The Effect of Coherent Structures in the Atmospheric Surface Layer on Blowing-Snow Transport N. Aksamit & J. Pomeroy 10.1007/s10546-017-0318-2
- Modeling Snow Saltation: The Effect of Grain Size and Interparticle Cohesion D. Melo et al. 10.1029/2021JD035260
- Scale Interactions in Turbulence for Mountain Blowing Snow N. Aksamit & J. Pomeroy 10.1175/JHM-D-17-0179.1
- Relation between mean and instantaneous values of snow-drift flux under drifting snow Y. IKEDA et al. 10.5331/seppyo.84.3_213
- Field-based investigation of snow-drift flux increases in blowing snow and application to mapping of short-term visibility reduction using mesoscale meteorological simulation T. Okaze et al. 10.1016/j.jweia.2024.105989
- Single-camera PTV within interfacially sheared drops in microgravity P. McMackin et al. 10.1007/s00348-023-03697-6
- Warm-air entrainment and advection during alpine blowing snow events N. Aksamit & J. Pomeroy 10.5194/tc-14-2795-2020
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Short summary
The first implementation of particle tracking velocimetry in outdoor alpine blowing snow has both provided new insight on intermittent snow particle transport initiation and entrainment in the dense near-surface "creep" layer whilst also confirming some wind tunnel observations. Environmental PTV has shown to be a viable avenue for furthering our understanding of the coupling of the atmospheric boundary layer turbulence and blowing snow transport.
The first implementation of particle tracking velocimetry in outdoor alpine blowing snow has...
