The evolution of snow bedforms in the Colorado Front Range and the processes that shape them

<p>When wind blows over dry snow, the snow surface self-organizes into bedforms such as dunes, ripples, snow waves, and sastrugi. These bedforms govern the interaction between wind, heat, and the snowpack, but thus far they have attracted few scientific studies. We present the first time-lapse...

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Main Authors: K. Kochanski, R. S. Anderson, G. E. Tucker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2019-04-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/1267/2019/tc-13-1267-2019.pdf