Determining the drivers for snow gliding

Fromm, Reinhard; Baumgärtner, Sonja; Leitinger, Georg; Tasser, Erich; Höller, Peter

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1891-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1891-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1891-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 7

Research article

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10 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 10 Jul 2018

Determining the drivers for snow gliding

Reinhard Fromm, Sonja Baumgärtner, Georg Leitinger, Erich Tasser, and Peter Höller

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RC1: 'REVIEW of manuscript Fromm et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'Responses to comments from reviewer #1', Reinhard Fromm, 20 Mar 2018
RC2: 'Review of manuscript «Determining the drivers for snow gliding» (Fromm et al. )', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Responses to comments from reviewer #2', Reinhard Fromm, 20 Mar 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (29 Mar 2018) by Perry Bartelt

AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (16 May 2018) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 May 2018) by Perry Bartelt

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (22 May 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (30 May 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (31 May 2018) by Perry Bartelt

AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (11 Jun 2018) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (15 Jun 2018) by Perry Bartelt

Short summary

Snow gliding is a key factor for snow glide avalanche formation and soil erosion. This study considers atmospheric and snow variables, vegetation characteristics, and soil properties, and determines their relevance for snow gliding. The soil moisture, the soil temperature, the liquid water content of snow, the phytomass of mosses, and the friction coefficient have major influence. However, further investigations may be focused on the freezing and melting processes in the uppermost soil layers.