A Bulk Blowing Snow Model |
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| Authors: | Stephen J Déry M K Yau |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke St. W., Montréal, Québec, H3A 2K6, Canada |
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| Abstract: | We present in this paper a simple and computationally efficient numerical model that depicts a column of sublimating, blowing snow. This bulk model predicts the mixing ratio of suspended snow by solving an equation that considers the diffusion, settling and sublimation of blowing snow in a time-dependent mode. The bulk model results compare very well with those of a previous spectral version of the model, while increasing its computational efficiency by a factor of about one hundred. This will allow the use of the model to estimate the effects of blowing snow upon the atmospheric boundary layer and to the mass balance of such regions as the Mackenzie River Basin of Canada. |
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| Keywords: | Blowing snow Bulk modelling Mackenzie Basin Sublimation Suspension |
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