A model for French-press experiments of dry snow compaction

Meyer, Colin R.; Keegan, Kaitlin M.; Baker, Ian; Hawley, Robert L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1449-2020

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1449-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1449-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

Research article

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05 May 2020

Research article |

| 05 May 2020

A model for French-press experiments of dry snow compaction

Colin R. Meyer, Kaitlin M. Keegan, Ian Baker, and Robert L. Hawley

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RC1: 'Review of "A model for French-press experiments of dry snow compaction"', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Author response', Colin Meyer, 22 Feb 2020
SC1: 'Comment on "A model for French-press experiments of dry snow compaction"', Vincent Verjans, 12 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Author response', Colin Meyer, 22 Feb 2020
RC2: 'Review of tc-2019-253', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Jan 2020
- AC1: 'Author response', Colin Meyer, 22 Feb 2020

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (06 Mar 2020) by Guillaume Chambon

AR by Colin Meyer on behalf of the Authors (10 Mar 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (24 Mar 2020) by Guillaume Chambon

AR by Colin Meyer on behalf of the Authors (02 Apr 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

We describe snow compaction laboratory data with a new mathematical model. Using a compression device that is similar to a French press with snow instead of coffee grounds, Wang and Baker (2013) compacted numerous snow samples of different densities at a constant velocity to determine the force required for snow compaction. Our mathematical model for compaction includes airflow through snow and predicts the required force, in agreement with the experimental data.