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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2013-2016
Research article
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09 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 09 Sep 2016

Observations of capillary barriers and preferential flow in layered snow during cold laboratory experiments

Francesco Avanzi, Hiroyuki Hirashima, Satoru Yamaguchi, Takafumi Katsushima, and Carlo De Michele

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We investigate capillary barriers and preferential flow in layered snow during nine cold laboratory experiments. The dynamics of each sample were replicated solving Richards equation within the 1-D multi-layer physically based SNOWPACK model. Results show that both processes affect the speed of water infiltration in stratified snow and are marked by a high degree of spatial variability at cm scale and complex 3-D patterns.