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

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

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3353-2019

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

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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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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of tc-2019-97', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Referee', Bettina Richter, 09 Sep 2019
RC2: 'Reviewer Comments for: Validating modeled critical crack length for crack propagation in the snow cover model SNOWPACK, tc-2019-97', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Referee', Bettina Richter, 09 Sep 2019

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

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (24 Sep 2019) by Guillaume Chambon

AR by Bettina Richter on behalf of the Authors (09 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (15 Oct 2019) by Guillaume Chambon

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Oct 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (29 Oct 2019)

ED: Publish as is (04 Nov 2019) by Guillaume Chambon

AR by Bettina Richter on behalf of the Authors (14 Nov 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

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.