The smoothing of landscapes during snowfall with no wind

Every winter, snowy landscapes are smoothed by snow deposition in calm conditions (no wind). In this study, we investigated how vertically falling snow attenuates topographic relief at horizontal scales less than or approximately equal to snow depth (e.g., 0.1–10 m). In a set of three experiments un...

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Main Authors: SIMON FILHOL, MATTHEW STURM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Glaciology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143018001041/type/journal_article