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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3043-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3043-2016
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

Nikolas O. Aksamit and John W. Pomeroy

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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.