Item: Studies on Blowing Snow
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Title: Studies on Blowing Snow
Proceedings: Proceedings of the 1982 International Snow Science Workshop, Bozeman, Montana, USA
Authors:
- R.L. Brown [ Department of Civil Engineering/Engineering Mechanics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717 ]
- Rand Decker [ Department of Civil Engineering/Engineering Mechanics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717 ]
Date: 1982
Abstract: A field and analytical investigation of snow transport and deposition in mountainous terrain is described. During the winter of 1981-82, data on ridge mass flux, precipitation and lee side deposition was accumulated. This data is to be used as a data base for calibrating a mathematical model for predicting deposition patterns. At the same time a mathematical formulation based on turbulent mixture theory was developed. This formulation was first used to study the simpler problem of precipitating snow in turbulent boundary layer over a flat plane. These results are discussed. Finally, the more complicated problem of snow deposition on the lee side of a mountain is discussed.
Object ID: issw-1982-022.pdf
Language of Article: English
Presenter(s): Unknown
Keywords: terrain, transportation, blowing snow, turbulent mixture theory
Page Number(s): 22
Subjects: blowing snow snow transportation turbulent mixture theory
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