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Title: | Effects of stratigraphic layers on water flow through snow |
Authors: | Colbeck, Samuel C. |
Keywords: | Drainage Gravitational water Hydrology Hydrodynamics Permeability Ice Percolation Snow Snow cover Snowmelt Surface water runoff |
Publisher: | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
Series/Report no.: | Research report (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)) ; 311. |
Description: | Research Report Abstract: The flow of water through layered snowpacks is discussed. A method for predicting flow through unsaturated layers is given. The flow along ice layers and through ice layers is analyzed in terms of the slope, permeability, thickness and length of the layers. It is shown that the permeability of ice layers required to cause large flow diversions is quite small. The effect of slope is large even at small angles. |
Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/5872 |
Appears in Collections: | Research Report |
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