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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6429-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6429-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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Modeling the small-scale deposition of snow onto structured Arctic sea ice during a MOSAiC storm using snowBedFoam 1.0.
Océane Hames
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
CRYOS, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Mahdi Jafari
CRYOS, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
David Nicholas Wagner
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
CRYOS, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Ian Raphael
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
David Clemens-Sewall
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Chris Polashenski
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
USACE-CRREL Alaska Projects Office, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Matthew D. Shupe
NOAA Physical Science Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Cooperative Institute for the Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Martin Schneebeli
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
Michael Lehning
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
CRYOS, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Comparing high spatial and temporal resolution snow depth measurements and modelling results in an avalanche release area P. Ruttner et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-4185-2026
- Optimizing snow distribution in alpine PV systems: CFD-based design guidelines for power plant layout Y. Frischholz et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2025.104654
- Global space-time patterns of sub-daily extreme precipitation and its relationship with temperature and wind speed Y. Zhang & X. Wu https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ade607
- Large eddy simulation of near-surface boundary layer dynamics over patchy snow M. Haugeneder et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1415327
- Snow depth distributions on sea ice of different ages and thicknesses from regional field campaigns L. Huang et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-2825-2026
- Snow particle fragmentation enhances snow sublimation N. Huang et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-12535-2025
- Iceberg-induced snowdrift formation on Antarctic landfast sea ice: effects of wind and iceberg size O. Hames et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2026.10139
- A wind-driven snow redistribution module for Alpine3D v3.3.0: adaptations designed for downscaling ice sheet surface mass balance E. Keenan et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3203-2023
- Temporospatial variability of snow's thermal conductivity on Arctic sea ice A. Macfarlane et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-5417-2023
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This paper presents an Eulerian–Lagrangian snow transport model implemented in the fluid dynamics software OpenFOAM, which we call snowBedFoam 1.0. We apply this model to reproduce snow deposition on a piece of ridged Arctic sea ice, which was produced during the MOSAiC expedition through scan measurements. The model appears to successfully reproduce the enhanced snow accumulation and deposition patterns, although some quantitative uncertainties were shown.
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