Wind tunnel experiments: cold-air pooling and atmospheric decoupling above a melting snow patch
The longevity of perennial snowfields is not fully understood, but it is known that strong atmospheric stability and thus boundary-layer decoupling limit the amount of (sensible and latent) heat that can be transmitted from the atmosphere to the snow surface. The strong stability is typically caused...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-02-01
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| Series: | The Cryosphere |
| Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/445/2016/tc-10-445-2016.pdf |