Articles | Volume 18, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4493-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4493-2024
Research article
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26 Sep 2024
Research article |  | 26 Sep 2024

Identifying airborne snow metamorphism with stable water isotopes

Sonja Wahl, Benjamin Walter, Franziska Aemisegger, Luca Bianchi, and Michael Lehning

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Ring wind tunnel experiments - airborne snow metamorphism and stable water isotopes S. Wahl et al. https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.494

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Wind-driven airborne transport of snow is a frequent phenomenon in snow-covered regions and a process difficult to study in the field as it is unfolding over large distances. Thus, we use a ring wind tunnel with infinite fetch positioned in a cold laboratory to study the evolution of the shape and size of airborne snow. With the help of stable water isotope analyses, we identify the hitherto unobserved process of airborne snow metamorphism that leads to snow particle rounding and growth.