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 and 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.
Presenters: Unknown
Keywords: terrain, transportation, blowing snow, turbulent mixture theory
Subjects: blowing snow snow transportation turbulent mixture theory
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