The role of atmospheric factors influencing snowmelt runoff by experiments using both snow layer and sand layer

Abstract

The authors have, conducted laboratory experiments to investigate both the role of atmospheric factors in the melting process of snow and the effect of infiltration into the sand layer. Laboratory experiments are performed using two layers which are chipped ice layer or snow layer and sand one.
From the results of these experiments, in a limited range of wind speed, it becomes obvious that the volume of snowmelt water is good related with wind speed and the effect of wind speed is important for the melting process of snow.