Articles | Volume 25, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-12535-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-12535-2025
Research article
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09 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 09 Oct 2025

Snow particle fragmentation enhances snow sublimation

Ning Huang, Jiacheng Bao, Hongxiang Yu, and Guang Li

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-3218', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Nov 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Guang Li, 23 Feb 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-3218', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Dec 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Guang Li, 23 Feb 2025

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Guang Li on behalf of the Authors (16 Mar 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (25 Mar 2025) by Timothy Garrett
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Apr 2025)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (05 Jun 2025)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 Jul 2025) by Timothy Garrett
AR by Guang Li on behalf of the Authors (14 Jul 2025)  Author's response 
EF by Mario Ebel (12 Aug 2025)  Manuscript   Author's tracked changes 
ED: Publish as is (15 Aug 2025) by Timothy Garrett
AR by Guang Li on behalf of the Authors (16 Aug 2025)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Particle fragmentation makes snowflakes spherical during wind-drifting snow. However, no drifting snow model has presented this process so far. We established a drifting snow model considering particle fragmentation and investigated the effects of snow particle fragmentation on drifting and blowing snow. Our results show that fragmentation intensifies the sublimation of blowing snow and changes the airborne particle size distribution, which should not be ignored in current blowing snow models.
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