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Research article
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10 Nov 2017
Research article |
| 10 Nov 2017
Liquid water infiltration into a layered snowpack: evaluation of a 3-D water transport model with laboratory experiments
Hiroyuki Hirashima
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Snow and Ice Research Center, National Research Institute for Earth
Science and Disaster Resilience, Suyoshi-machi, Nagaoka-shi,
Niigata-ken, 940-0821, Japan
Francesco Avanzi
Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
now at:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
Satoru Yamaguchi
Snow and Ice Research Center, National Research Institute for Earth
Science and Disaster Resilience, Suyoshi-machi, Nagaoka-shi,
Niigata-ken, 940-0821, Japan
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- A Thermodynamic Nonequilibrium Model for Preferential Infiltration and Refreezing of Melt in Snow A. Moure et al. 10.1029/2022WR034035
- Vertical response of snow albedo to seasonal climate change in the Tibetan Plateau J. Wu et al. 10.1007/s11629-024-8943-y
- Insights Into Preferential Flow Snowpack Runoff Using Random Forest F. Avanzi et al. 10.1029/2019WR024828
- Deep ice layer formation in an alpine snowpack: monitoring and modeling L. Quéno et al. 10.5194/tc-14-3449-2020
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Short summary
We reproduced the formation of capillary barriers and the development of preferential flow through snow using a multi-dimensional water transport model, which was then validated using laboratory experiments of liquid water infiltration into layered, initially dry snow. Simulation results showed that the model reconstructs some relevant features of capillary barriers and the timing of liquid water arrival at the snow base.
We reproduced the formation of capillary barriers and the development of preferential flow...
