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Research article
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30 Jul 2015
Research article |
| 30 Jul 2015
Tomography-based monitoring of isothermal snow metamorphism under advective conditions
P. P. Ebner
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, 7260 Davos-Dorf, Switzerland
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, 7260 Davos-Dorf, Switzerland
A. Steinfeld
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Metamorphism during temperature gradient with undersaturated advective airflow in a snow sample P. Ebner et al. 10.5194/tc-10-791-2016
- Wind enhances differential air advection in surface snow at sub-meter scales S. Drake et al. 10.5194/tc-11-2075-2017
- Snow particles extracted from X-ray computed microtomography imagery and their single-scattering properties H. Ishimoto et al. 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2018.01.021
- A tribological perspective on friction and performance in Olympic snow and ice sports A. Almqvist et al. 10.1007/s11332-025-01533-4
- Experimental observation of transient δ18O interaction between snow and advective airflow under various temperature gradient conditions P. Ebner et al. 10.5194/tc-11-1733-2017
- Capillary Bridge in Contact with Ice Particles Can Be Related to the Thin Liquid Film on Ice H. Bahaloo et al. 10.1061/JCRGEI.CRENG-738
- Monitoring of snow surface near-infrared bidirectional reflectance factors with added light-absorbing particles A. Schneider et al. 10.5194/tc-13-1753-2019
- 3D Analysis of Deformation and Porosity of Dry Natural Snow during Compaction L. Eppanapelli et al. 10.3390/ma12060850
- Tomography-based characterization of ice-air interface dynamics of temperature gradient snow metamorphism under advective conditions P. Ebner et al. 10.1002/2015JF003648
- Exploring the role of snow metamorphism on the isotopic composition of the surface snow at EastGRIP R. Harris Stuart et al. 10.5194/tc-17-1185-2023
- Evaluation of stereology for snow microstructure measurement and microwave emission modeling: a case study J. Pan et al. 10.1080/17538947.2021.1902006
- Cold‐Season Surface Energy Balance on East Rongbuk Glacier, Northern Slope of Mt. Qomolangma (Everest) W. Liu et al. 10.1029/2022JD038101
- In situ X-ray tomography densification of firn: The role of mechanics and diffusion processes A. Burr et al. 10.1016/j.actamat.2019.01.053
- 3D ex-situ and in-situ X-ray CT process studies in particle technology – A perspective T. Leißner et al. 10.1016/j.apt.2019.09.038
- Sensitivity of snow density and specific surface area measured by microtomography to different image processing algorithms P. Hagenmuller et al. 10.5194/tc-10-1039-2016
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Short summary
Time-lapse X-ray microtomography was used to investigate the structural dynamics of isothermal snow metamorphism exposed to an advective airflow and possible effects on natural snowpacks were discussed. The results showed that isothermal advection with saturated air have no influence on the coarsening rate that is typical for isothermal snow metamorphism. It is driven by sublimation-deposition caused by Kelvin effect and is the limiting factor independently of the transport regime in the pores.
Time-lapse X-ray microtomography was used to investigate the structural dynamics of isothermal...
