Dust in the snow pit (IMAGE)
Caption
(a) Snow pit at the Alta Study Plot on date of peak Snow Water Equivalent. Melt pooling and ice lenses form when liquid water pools at a capillary barrier within the snowpack and are highlighted in the image so that they can be differentiated from the dust layers. (b) Image showing a typical pre-frontal dust-on-snow event in the Wasatch Mountains.
Credit
Enviro Res Letters—June-2023
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