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标题：Wind tunnel experiments: saltation is necessary for wind-packing
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作者：CHRISTIAN G. SOMMER ; MICHAEL LEHNING ; CHARLES FIERZ 等
期刊名称：Journal of Glaciology
印刷版ISSN：0022-1430
电子版ISSN：1727-5652
出版年度：2017
卷号：63
期号：242
页码：950-958
DOI：10.1017/jog.2017.53
出版社：Cambridge University Press
摘要：ABSTRACT Wind-packed snow in the form of slabs or crusts is an important part of alpine and polar snow covers. Yet, the formation process of such layers is poorly understood. For example, it remains unclear whether drifting snow is necessary for wind-packing or not. A better understanding of wind-packing could improve snow-cover models and avalanche danger forecasts and contribute to the assessment of mass balances in polar regions. We designed a closed-circuit, obround wind tunnel to study the process of wind crust formation. A SnowMicroPen was used to measure how the hardness of the snow evolved. The results show that no crust forms without saltation. Drifting snow is a necessary but not sufficient condition for wind-packing. The dynamics of erosion and deposition appear to be equally important.
关键词：snow;snow/ice surface processes;wind; blown snow