Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 5
Articles | Volume 22, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2655-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2655-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 5
Research article
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04 May 2018
Research article |  | 04 May 2018

Obtaining sub-daily new snow density from automated measurements in high mountain regions

Kay Helfricht, Lea Hartl, Roland Koch, Christoph Marty, and Marc Olefs

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We calculated hourly new snow densities from automated measurements. This time interval reduces the influence of settling of the freshly deposited snow. We found an average new snow density of 68 kg m−3. The observed variability could not be described using different parameterizations, but a relationship to temperature is partly visible at hourly intervals. Wind speed is a crucial parameter for the inter-station variability. Our findings are relevant for snow models working on hourly timescales.
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