A novel framework to investigate wind-driven snow redistribution over an Alpine glacier: combination of high-resolution terrestrial laser scans and large-eddy simulations

Voordendag, Annelies; Goger, Brigitta; Prinz, Rainer; Sauter, Tobias; Mölg, Thomas; Saigger, Manuel; Kaser, Georg

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-849-2024

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-849-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-849-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

Research article

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23 Feb 2024

Research article |

| 23 Feb 2024

A novel framework to investigate wind-driven snow redistribution over an Alpine glacier: combination of high-resolution terrestrial laser scans and large-eddy simulations

Annelies Voordendag, Brigitta Goger, Rainer Prinz, Tobias Sauter, Thomas Mölg, Manuel Saigger, and Georg Kaser

Data sets

WRFsnowdrift (v1.0) M. Saigger https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10654680

ACINN Stations ACINN https://acinn-data.uibk.ac.at/pages/station-list.html

Short summary

Wind-driven snow redistribution affects glacier mass balance. A case study of Hintereisferner glacier in Austria used high-resolution observations and simulations to model snow redistribution. Simulations matched observations, showing the potential of the model for studying snow redistribution on other mountain glaciers.