The Cryosphere
The Cryosphere
TC
Articles | Volume 18, issue 9
Articles | Volume 18, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4493-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4493-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 9
Research article
 | 
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

Viewed

Total article views: 2,675 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
2,138 310 227 2,675 146 67 128
  • HTML: 2,138
  • PDF: 310
  • XML: 227
  • Total: 2,675
  • Supplement: 146
  • BibTeX: 67
  • EndNote: 128
Views and downloads (calculated since 08 Apr 2024)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 08 Apr 2024)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 2,675 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 2,574 with geography defined and 101 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 
Latest update: 19 Dec 2025
Download
Short summary
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.
Read more
Share