Wind Blown Snow, Sublimation, Transport and Changes to Polar Snow (National Hydrology Research Institute, 1996)
This academic paper reviews the physics and chemistry of wind-blown snow in polar regions, examining how wind transport, sublimation, and atmospheric processes alter snow accumulation rates and chemical composition. The authors present models for calculating blowing snow transport and sublimation fluxes, discuss mechanisms of chemical transformation including scavenging and volatilisation, and synthesize experimental evidence from Antarctic, Arctic, and temperate locations to explain spatial and temporal variations in ice core chemistry.
- Date
- 1996
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- J.W. Pomeroy, H.G. Jones, National Hydrology Research Institute, Institut national de la recherche scientifique - Eau
- Locations
- Antarctic, South Pole, Byrd Station, East Antarctica, Mizuho Station, Canadian Arctic, Greenland, Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland, Québec, Canadian Western Arctic, Inuvik, Tuktoyaktuk, Trail Valley Creek, Northwest Territories, Canadian Prairies, Coastal Antarctica, Central Antarctica, Central Greenland
- Parameters
- wind-blown snow, sublimation, snow transport, snow accumulation, snow chemistry, ice core chemistry, blowing snow fluxes, chemical concentrations, major ions, chloride, nitrate, sulfate, sodium, potassium, magnesium, ammonium, particulate scavenging, photochemical reactions, phoresis, electrophoresis, volatilisation, wind speed, air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, snow density, particle size distribution, turbulent diffusion, saltation, suspension, snow erosion, katabatic winds
- Pages
- 19
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