Elevation dependency of mountain snow depth

Grünewald, T.; Bühler, Y.; Lehning, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-2381-2014

Articles | Volume 8, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-2381-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-2381-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 6

Research article

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20 Dec 2014

Research article |

| 20 Dec 2014

Elevation dependency of mountain snow depth

T. Grünewald, Y. Bühler, and M. Lehning

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Final revised paper (published on 20 Dec 2014)
Preprint (discussion started on 11 Jul 2014)

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RC C1587: 'Review', Juraj Parajka, 20 Aug 2014
- AC C1971: 'Reply to J. Parajka', Thomas Grünewald, 07 Oct 2014
RC C1743: 'Review of, Elevation dependency of mountain snow depth, by T. Grünewald, Y. Bühler, and M. Lehing', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Sep 2014
- AC C1974: 'Reply to anonymous reviewer', Thomas Grünewald, 07 Oct 2014

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AR by Thomas Grünewald on behalf of the Authors (04 Nov 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 Nov 2014) by Ross Brown

AR by Thomas Grünewald on behalf of the Authors (11 Nov 2014)

Short summary

Elevation dependencies of snow depth are analysed based on snow depth maps obtained from airborne remote sensing. Elevation gradients are characterised by a specific shape: an increase of snow depth with elevation is followed by a distinct peak at a certain level and a decrease in the highest elevations. We attribute this shape to an increase of precipitation with altitude, which is modified by topographical-induced redistribution processes of the snow on the ground (wind, gravitation).