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  • 标题:Blowing Snow Fluxes in the Cariboo Mountains of British Columbia, Canada
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  • 作者:Stephen J. Déry ; Andrew Clifton ; Shane MacLeod
  • 期刊名称:Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
  • 印刷版ISSN:1523-0430
  • 电子版ISSN:1938-4246
  • 出版年度:2010
  • 卷号:42
  • 期号:2
  • 页码:188-197
  • DOI:10.1657/1938-4246-42.2.188
  • 摘要:The Cariboo Mountains form the northern extension of the Columbia Mountains, spanning a distance of about 300 km in central British Columbia (BC), Canada. Cool air temperatures, abundant snowfall, and strong winds (especially above treeline and along exposed ridges) would suggest frequent and intense blowing snow events. The occurrence of intense blowing snow episodes is confirmed by automated wind and snow depth measurements at several sites in the area. Simulations conducted with a numerical model forced by meteorological observations recorded from 2006 to 2009 reveal a high frequency of blowing snow episodes at three high-elevation sites in the Cariboo Mountains. This process is especially prominent on the exposed ridge of Browntop Mountain (elevation of 2031 m a.s.l.) where snow transport by wind is calculated to occur as much as two-thirds of the time during some winter months. Simulated blowing snow fluxes remain high at this site with monthly transport and sublimation rates reaching 5301 Mg m −1 and 31 mm snow water equivalent (SWE), respectively. Blowing snow is also shown to be a dominant process in snow accumulation at the upper Castle Creek Glacier site (elevation of 2105 m a.s.l.), with strong winds generating sharp declines in snow depth and the erosion of more than 200 cm of snow depth during two successive winters. The results presented in this study suggest that blowing snow contributes significantly to snow accumulation and the mass balance of glaciers in BC’s Cariboo Mountains.
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