Deep ice layer formation in an alpine snowpack: monitoring and modeling

Quéno, Louis; Fierz, Charles; van Herwijnen, Alec; Longridge, Dylan; Wever, Nander

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3449-2020

Articles | Volume 14, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3449-2020

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3449-2020

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

Articles | Volume 14, issue 10

Research article

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17 Oct 2020

Research article |

| 17 Oct 2020

Deep ice layer formation in an alpine snowpack: monitoring and modeling

Louis Quéno, Charles Fierz, Alec van Herwijnen, Dylan Longridge, and Nander Wever

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Mar 2020
- AC1: 'Answer to Referee#1', Louis Quéno, 25 Jun 2020
RC2: 'Review of Quéno et al.', Francesco Avanzi, 04 Apr 2020
- AC2: 'Answer to Dr. Avanzi', Louis Quéno, 25 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) (26 Jun 2020) by Guillaume Chambon

AR by Louis Quéno on behalf of the Authors (26 Jun 2020) Author's response Manuscript

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

AR by Louis Quéno on behalf of the Authors (03 Sep 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

Deep ice layers may form in the snowpack due to preferential water flow with impacts on the snowpack mechanical, hydrological and thermodynamical properties. We studied their formation and evolution at a high-altitude alpine site, combining a comprehensive observation dataset at a daily frequency (with traditional snowpack observations, penetration resistance and radar measurements) and detailed snowpack modeling, including a new parameterization of ice formation in the 1-D SNOWPACK model.