scholarly journals Major Issues in Simulating Some Arctic Snowpack Properties Using Current Detailed Snow Physics Models: Consequences for the Thermal Regime and Water Budget of Permafrost

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florent Domine ◽  
Ghislain Picard ◽  
Samuel Morin ◽  
Mathieu Barrere ◽  
Jean-Benoît Madore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Regime ◽  
Water Budget ◽  
Snowpack Properties ◽  
Snow Physics

scholarly journals On the influence of erect shrubs on the irradiance profile in snow

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Belke-Brea ◽  
Florent Domine ◽  
Ghislain Picard ◽  
Mathieu Barrere ◽  
Laurent Arnaud
Keyword(s):  
Radiative Transfer ◽  
Thermal Regime ◽  
Local Effect ◽  
Radiation Budget ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Radiative Transfer Model ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
Effect Hypothesis ◽  
Snowpack Properties ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. The warming-induced expansion of shrubs in the Arctic is transforming snowpacks into a mixture of snow, impurities and buried branches. Because snow is a translucent medium into which light penetrates up to tens of centimeters, buried branches may alter the snowpack radiation budget with important consequences for the snow thermal regime and microstructure. To characterize the influence of buried branches on radiative transfer in snow, irradiance profiles were measured in snowpacks with and without shrubs near Umiujaq in the Canadian Low Arctic (56.5° N, 76.5° W) in November and December 2015. Using the irradiance profiles measured in shrub-free snowpacks in combination with a Monte Carlo radiative transfer model revealed that the dominant impurity type was black carbon (BC) in variable concentrations up to 185 ng g−1. This allowed the separation of the radiative effects of impurities and buried branches. Irradiance profiles measured in snowpacks with shrubs showed that the impact of buried branches was generally weak, except for layers where branches were also visible in snowpit photographs, suggesting that branches influence snow locally (i.e. a few centimeters around branches). The local-effect hypothesis was further supported by observations of localized melting and depth hoar pockets that formed in the vicinity of branches. Buried branches therefore affect snowpack properties, with possible impacts on Arctic flora and fauna and on the thermal regime of permafrost. Lastly, the unexpectedly high BC concentrations in snow are likely caused by nearby open-air waste burning, suggesting that cleaner waste management plans are required for northern community and ecosystem protection.

scholarly journals On the influence of erect shrubs on the irradiance profile in snow

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 5851-5869
Author(s):  
Maria Belke-Brea ◽  
Florent Domine ◽  
Ghislain Picard ◽  
Mathieu Barrere ◽  
Laurent Arnaud
Keyword(s):  
Radiative Transfer ◽  
Thermal Regime ◽  
Local Effect ◽  
Radiation Budget ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Radiative Transfer Model ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
Effect Hypothesis ◽  
Snowpack Properties ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. The warming-induced expansion of shrubs in the Arctic is transforming snowpacks into a mixture of snow, impurities and buried branches. Because snow is a translucent medium into which light penetrates up to tens of centimetres, buried branches may alter the snowpack radiation budget with important consequences for the snow thermal regime and microstructure. To characterize the influence of buried branches on radiative transfer in snow, irradiance profiles were measured in snowpacks with and without shrubs near Umiujaq in the Canadian Low Arctic (56.5∘ N, 76.5∘ W) in November and December 2015. Using the irradiance profiles measured in shrub-free snowpacks in combination with a Monte Carlo radiative transfer model revealed that the dominant impurity type was black carbon (BC) in variable concentrations up to 185 ng g−1. This allowed the separation of the radiative effects of impurities and buried branches. Irradiance profiles measured in snowpacks with shrubs showed that the impact of buried branches was local (i.e. a few centimetres around branches) and only observable in layers where branches were also visible in snowpit photographs. The local-effect hypothesis was further supported by observations of localized melting and depth hoar pockets that formed in the vicinity of branches. Buried branches therefore affect snowpack properties, with possible impacts on Arctic flora and fauna and on the thermal regime of permafrost. Lastly, the unexpectedly high BC concentrations in snow are likely caused by nearby open-air waste burning, suggesting that cleaner waste management plans are required for northern community and ecosystem protection.

Water Budget Triangle: A New Conceptual Framework for Comparison of Green and Gray Infrastructure

ICSI 2014 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. G. Eger ◽  
D. G. Chandler ◽  
B. Kasaee Roodsari ◽  
C. I. Davidson ◽  
C. T. Driscoll
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Water Budget

Water Budget of Constructed Wetland System with Subsurface Vertical Flow in Sub-Humid Tropical Climate

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 235-242
Author(s):  
Édio Damásio da Silva Júnior ◽  
Rogério de Araújo Almeida ◽  
Elisa Rodrigues Siqueira ◽  
Ábio Roduvalho da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Water Budget ◽  
Tropical Climate ◽  
Vertical Flow ◽  
Humid Tropical Climate ◽  
Wetland System

Water Budget Analysis by Using Thornwaite’s TMI Index: A Case Study of India

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 267-269
Author(s):  
P. T. Patil P. T. Patil ◽  
◽  
M. M. Jamadar M. M. Jamadar ◽  
N. A. Jamadar N. A. Jamadar
Keyword(s):  
Water Budget ◽  
Budget Analysis

MONITORING OF THE THERMOABRASIONAL AND ACCUMULATIVE COASTS NEAR THE UNDERWATER GAS PIPELINE ROUTE ACROSS THE BAYDARATSKAYA BAY, KARA SEA

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataliya Belova ◽  
Nataliya Belova ◽  
Alisa Baranskaya ◽  
Alisa Baranskaya ◽  
Osip Kokin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Regime ◽  
Storm Surges ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Yamal Peninsula ◽  
Permafrost Degradation ◽  
Nearshore Zone ◽  
Barrier Beach ◽  
Energy Dissipater ◽  
Pipeline Route

The coasts of Baydaratskaya Bay are composed by loose frozen sediments. At Yamal Peninsula accumulative coasts are predominant at the site where pipeline crosses the coast, while thermoabrasional coast are prevail at the Ural coast crossing site. Coastal dynamics monitoring on both sites is conducted using field and remote methods starting from the end of 1980s. As a result of construction in the coastal zone the relief morphology was disturbed, both lithodynamics and thermal regime of the permafrost within the areas of several km around the sites where gas pipeline crosses coastline was changed. At Yamal coast massive removal of deposits from the beach and tideflat took place. The morphology of barrier beach, which previously was a natural wave energy dissipater, was disturbed. This promoted inland penetration of storm surges and permafrost degradation under the barrier beach. At Ural coast the topsoil was disrupted by construction trucks, which affected thermal regime of the upper part of permafrost and lead to active layer deepening. Thermoerosion and thermoabrasion processes have activated on coasts, especially at areas with icy sediments, ice wedges and massive ice beds. Construction of cofferdams resulted in overlapping of sediments transit on both coasts and caused sediment deficit on nearby nearshore zone areas. The result of technogenic disturbances was widespread coastal erosion activation, which catastrophic scale is facilitated by climate warming in the Arctic.

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