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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4973-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4973-2017
Research article
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29 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 29 Sep 2017

Rainwater propagation through snowpack during rain-on-snow sprinkling experiments under different snow conditions

Roman Juras, Sebastian Würzer, Jirka Pavlásek, Tomáš Vitvar, and Tobias Jonas

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This research investigates the rainwater dynamics in the snowpack under artificial rain-on-snow events. Deuterium-enriched water was sprayed on the isolated snowpack and rainwater was further identified in the runoff. We found that runoff from cold snowpack was created faster than from the ripe snowpack. Runoff from the cold snowpack also contained more rainwater compared to the ripe snowpack. These results are valuable for further snowpack runoff forecasting.