An Eulerian equation for snow accumulation downstream of an object

作者:Ohara Noriaki*
来源:Water Resources Research, 2017, 53(2): 1525-1538.
DOI:10.1002/2016WR019673

摘要

This study investigated the form of the governing equation for the particle distribution by focusing on the particle motion processes rather than flow regime and particle characteristics. A linear erosion term for a fetch-eddy effect was introduced to the advection dispersion equation. The equation formulated in this paper described most of the particle deposit patterns behind an object including porous and solid snow fences, and a tree. This theory may enable us to estimate particle motion parameters, such as diffusion, drift, and erosion coefficients, from field observed particle distributions. Snow stratigraphy observed by ground penetrating radar (GPR) was used verify to result of the modeled theoretical snow redistribution. These analyses confirmed the effectiveness of the linear erosion term at explaining the particle deposition patterns due to eddies around a porous snow fence.

  • 出版日期2017-2