Measurements of blowing snow: size distribution of snow particles at Lac blanc pass, French Alps
| Autor: | Naaim-Bouvet, F., Bellot, H., Naaim, Mohamed, Nishimura, K., Gaucher, R. |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Érosion torrentielle, neige et avalanches (UR ETGR (ETNA)), Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et forêts (CEMAGREF), NAGOYA UNIVERSITY FURO CHO GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES CHIKUSA KU JPN, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Irstea Publications, Migration |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | Geophysical Research Abstracts EGU General Assembly EGU General Assembly, Apr 2011, Vienne, Austria |
| ISSN: | 2010-2011 |
| Popis: | International audience; Wind-transported snow is a common phenomenon in French Alps, creating snowdrifts and contributing significantly to the loading of avalanche release areas. Some studies have already been conducted to address the size distribution of snow particles at a given height (Budd (1966), Schmidt (1982), Nishimura and Nemoto (2005), Gordon and Taylor (2009)). Such data could depend on topography and snow type and all of these studies have been conducted under different conditions than those encountered in the Alps. Consequently, the present study was carried out at the Lac Blanc Pass (2700 m) experimental site in the French Alps using three snow particle counter set up at different height. Such optical devices are able to detect particles between 20 and 500 micrometers in mean radius size particle, divides them into 32 classes. In the main cases and as usual, the size distribution of snow particles is represented by a gamma density function. During winter 2010-2011, the shape parameter and the mean particle diameter were studied as function of height, friction velocity and snow type and the results were compared with previous studies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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