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Articles | Volume 13, issue 12
Articles | Volume 13, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3353-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3353-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 12
Research article
 | 
17 Dec 2019
Research article |  | 17 Dec 2019

Validating modeled critical crack length for crack propagation in the snow cover model SNOWPACK

Bettina Richter, Jürg Schweizer, Mathias W. Rotach, and Alec van Herwijnen

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Validating and improving the critical crack length in SNOWPACK B. Richter, J. Schweizer, M. W. Rotach, and A. van Herwijnen https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.119

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Information on snow stability is important for avalanche forecasting. To improve the stability estimation in the snow cover model SNOWPACK, we suggested an improved parameterization for the critical crack length. We compared 3 years of field data to SNOWPACK simulations. The match between observed and modeled critical crack lengths greatly improved, and critical weak layers appear more prominently in the modeled vertical profile of critical crack length.
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