Investigation into percolation and liquid water content in a multi-layered snow model for wet snow instabilities in Glacier National Park, Canada

Water percolation in snow plays a crucial role in the avalanche risk assessment. Liquid water content and wetting front are hard to measure in the field; hence, accurate simulation of the phenomena can be of great help to forecasters. This study was the first to evaluate water percolation simulation...

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Main Authors: J-B. Madore, C. Fierz, A. Langlois
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.898980/full