Sublimation significantly impacts the mass balance of annual mountain snowpacks.
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Sublimation plays a major role in the mass balance of annual mountain snowpacks, accounting for substantial moisture losses ranging up to a third of cumulative snowfall.
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On the importance of sublimation to an alpine snow mass balance in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
2010 · cited by 117
Demonstrates that alpine snow sublimation losses account for 20-32% of cumulative snowfall, showing that sublimation significantly impacts mountain snow mass balance.
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A Lagrangian Snow-Evolution System for Sea-Ice Applications (SnowModel-LG): Part I-Model Description.
2020 · cited by 16
Finds that blowing-snow sublimation makes a significant contribution to the overall snowpack mass budget in high-latitude and mountainous environments.