Warm-air entrainment and advection during alpine blowing snow events

Aksamit, Nikolas O.; Pomeroy, John W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2795-2020

Articles | Volume 14, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2795-2020

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2795-2020

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

Articles | Volume 14, issue 9

Research article

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01 Sep 2020

Research article |

| 01 Sep 2020

Warm-air entrainment and advection during alpine blowing snow events

Nikolas O. Aksamit and John W. Pomeroy

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RC1: 'Review of "Dry-air entrainment and advection during alpine blowing snow events” by Nikolas O. Aksamit and John Pomeroy', Stephen Déry, 29 Mar 2020
- AC1: 'RC1 Response', Nikolas Aksamit, 20 Jun 2020
RC2: 'Review of tc_2020-46: “Dry-Air Entrainment and Advection during Alpine Blowing Snow Events”', Graham Sexstone, 25 May 2020
- AC2: 'RC2 Response', Nikolas Aksamit, 20 Jun 2020

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Jun 2020) by Tobias Sauter

AR by Nikolas Aksamit on behalf of the Authors (30 Jun 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (21 Jul 2020) by Tobias Sauter

AR by Nikolas Aksamit on behalf of the Authors (21 Jul 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

In cold regions, it is increasingly important to quantify the amount of water stored as snow at the end of winter. Current models are inconsistent in their estimates of snow sublimation due to atmospheric turbulence. Specific wind structures have been identified that amplify potential rates of surface and blowing snow sublimation during blowing snow storms. The recurrence of these motions has been modeled by a simple scaling argument that has its foundation in turbulent boundary layer theory.