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25 Aug 2023
Research article |
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Heterogeneous grain growth and vertical mass transfer within a snow layer under a temperature gradient
Lisa Bouvet
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, CNRM, Centre d’Études de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, 3SR, Grenoble, France
Neige Calonne
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, CNRM, Centre d’Études de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Frédéric Flin
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, CNRM, Centre d’Études de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Christian Geindreau
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, 3SR, Grenoble, France
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Short summary
This study presents two new experiments of temperature gradient metamorphism in a snow layer using tomographic time series and focusing on the vertical extent. The results highlight two little known phenomena: the development of morphological vertical heterogeneities from an initial uniform layer, which is attributed to the temperature range and the vapor pressure distribution, and the quantification of the mass loss at the base caused by the vertical vapor fluxes and the dry lower boundary.
This study presents two new experiments of temperature gradient metamorphism in a snow layer...
