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Research article
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04 May 2018
Research article |
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| 04 May 2018
Obtaining sub-daily new snow density from automated measurements in high mountain regions
IGF – Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian
Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck, 6020, Austria
Lea Hartl
IGF – Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian
Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck, 6020, Austria
Roland Koch
ZAMG – Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Climate
research department, 1190 Vienna, Austria
Christoph Marty
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, 7260 Davos,
Switzerland
Marc Olefs
ZAMG – Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Climate
research department, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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Short summary
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.
We calculated hourly new snow densities from automated measurements. This time interval reduces...
