Snow saltation threshold measurements in a drifting-snow wind tunnel
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Numerical simulation of drifting snow sublimation in the saltation layer
Snow sublimation is an important hydrological process and one of the main causes of the temporal and spatial variation of snow distribution. Compared with surface sublimation, drifting snow sublimation is more effective due to the greater surface exposure area of snow particles in the air. Previous studies of drifting snow sublimation have focused on suspended snow, and few have considered salt...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Glaciology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0022-1430,1727-5652
DOI: 10.3189/172756506781828430