Arctic Snow Microstructure Experiment for the development of snow emission modelling

Maslanka, William; Leppänen, Leena; Kontu, Anna; Sandells, Mel; Lemmetyinen, Juha; Schneebeli, Martin; Proksch, Martin; Matzl, Margret; Hannula, Henna-Reetta; Gurney, Robert

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-85-2016

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14 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 14 Apr 2016

Arctic Snow Microstructure Experiment for the development of snow emission modelling

William Maslanka, Leena Leppänen, Anna Kontu, Mel Sandells, Juha Lemmetyinen, Martin Schneebeli, Martin Proksch, Margret Matzl, Henna-Reetta Hannula, and Robert Gurney

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RC C143: 'Review: Arctic Snow Microstructure Experiment for the development of snow emission modelling', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Jan 2016
- AC C189: 'Author’s response to comments of Anonymous Referee #1.', William Maslanka, 12 Feb 2016
SC C196: 'Comment to "Arctic Snow Microstructure Experiment for the development of snow emission modelling"', Rasmus T. Tonboe, 18 Feb 2016
- AC C316: 'Author's response to the Short Comment by R. Tonboe.', William Maslanka, 24 Mar 2016
RC C242: 'Comment on “Arctic Snow Microstructure Experiment for the development of snow emission modelling” by W. Maslanka et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Mar 2016
- AC C318: 'Author’s response to comments of Anonymous Referee #2.', William Maslanka, 24 Mar 2016

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The paper presents the initial findings of the Arctic Snow Microstructure Experiment in Sodankylä, Finland. The experiment observed the microwave emission of extracted snow slabs on absorbing and reflecting bases. Snow parameters were recorded to simulate the emission upon those bases using two different emission models. The smallest simulation errors were associated with the absorbing base at vertical polarization. The observations will be used for the development of snow emission modelling.