The Impact of Diffusive Water Vapor Transport on Snow Profiles in Deep and Shallow Snow Covers and on Sea Ice

Water vapor transport has been highlighted as a critical process in Arctic snowpacks, shaping the snow cover structure in terms of density, thermal conductivity, and temperature profile among others. Here, we present an attempt to describe the thermally-induced vertical diffusion of water vapor in t...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Earth Science
Main Authors:	Mahdi Jafari, Isabelle Gouttevin, Margaux Couttet, Nander Wever, Adrien Michel, Varun Sharma, Leonard Rossmann, Nina Maass, Marcel Nicolaus, Michael Lehning
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Subjects:	diffusive water vapor flux phase change snowpack model snow on sea ice snow metamorphism mass transfer coefficient
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2020.00249/full