Intercomparison of snow density measurements: bias, precision,  and vertical resolution

Proksch, Martin; Rutter, Nick; Fierz, Charles; Schneebeli, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-371-2016

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15 Feb 2016

Research article |

| 15 Feb 2016

Intercomparison of snow density measurements: bias, precision, and vertical resolution

Martin Proksch, Nick Rutter, Charles Fierz, and Martin Schneebeli

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RC C1261: 'Intercomparison of snow density measurements: bias, precision and spatial resolution', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Jul 2015
AC C1387: 'Interactive comment on “Intercomparison of snow density measurements: bias, precision and spatial resolution” by M. Proksch et al.', Martin Proksch, 09 Aug 2015
SC C1471: 'Review: Intercomparison of snow density measurements: bias, precision and spatial resolution', C. Derksen, 24 Aug 2015
RC C1716: 'General and specific comments on the paper', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Sep 2015
- AC C2205: 'Review by Anonymous Referee #2', Martin Proksch, 12 Nov 2015
AC C1784: 'Review by C.Derksen', Martin Proksch, 06 Oct 2015

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AR by Martin Proksch on behalf of the Authors (12 Nov 2015) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (03 Dec 2015) by Florent Dominé

AR by Martin Proksch on behalf of the Authors (27 Jan 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Feb 2016) by Florent Dominé

AR by Martin Proksch on behalf of the Authors (04 Feb 2016)

Short summary

Density is a fundamental property of porous media such as snow. During the MicroSnow Davos 2014 workshop, different approaches (box-, wedge- and cylinder-type density cutters, micro-computed tomography) to measure snow density were applied in a controlled laboratory environment and in the field. In general, results suggest that snow densities measured by different methods agree within 9 %. However, the density profiles resolved by the measurement methods differed considerably.