A simulation of a large-scale drifting snowstorm  in the turbulent boundary layer

Wang, Zhengshi; Jia, Shuming

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3841-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3841-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3841-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 12

Research article

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10 Dec 2018

Research article |

| 10 Dec 2018

A simulation of a large-scale drifting snowstorm in the turbulent boundary layer

Zhengshi Wang and Shuming Jia

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Final revised paper (published on 10 Dec 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 19 Jul 2018)

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RC1: 'Fluid Mechanics', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Aug 2018
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer1', Zhengshi Wang, 15 Oct 2018
RC2: 'Review of " A simulation of the large-scale drifting snow storm in a turbulent boundary layer "', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Oct 2018
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer2', Zhengshi Wang, 22 Oct 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Zhengshi Wang on behalf of the Authors (22 Oct 2018) Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Nov 2018) by Valentina Radic

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (11 Nov 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (26 Nov 2018) by Valentina Radic

AR by Zhengshi Wang on behalf of the Authors (28 Nov 2018) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (29 Nov 2018) by Valentina Radic

AR by Zhengshi Wang on behalf of the Authors (01 Dec 2018)

Short summary

Drifting snowstorms that are hundreds of meters in depth are reproduced using a large-eddy simulation model combined with a Lagrangian particle tracking method, which also exhibits obvious spatial structures following large-scale turbulent vortexes. The horizontal snow transport flux at high altitude, previously not observed, actually occupies a significant proportion of the total flux. Thus, previous models may largely underestimate the total mass flux and consequently snow sublimation.