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Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1287-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1287-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
Research article
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20 Mar 2024
Research article |  | 20 Mar 2024

Understanding snow saltation parameterizations: lessons from theory, experiments and numerical simulations

Daniela Brito Melo, Armin Sigmund, and Michael Lehning

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Snow saltation – the transport of snow close to the surface – occurs when the wind blows over a snow-covered surface with sufficient strength. This phenomenon is represented in some climate models; however, with limited accuracy. By performing numerical simulations and a detailed analysis of previous works, we show that snow saltation is characterized by two regimes. This is not represented in climate models in a consistent way, which hinders the quantification of snow transport and sublimation.
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