SnowBedFoam 1.0 is a snow transport solver implemented in OpenFOAM for computational fluid dynamics. It was applied to topographical data from the MOSAiC expedition on Arctic sea ice and used to simulate snow distribution around the German Antarctic research station Neumayer Station III. The model was developed by ENVIDAT and last updated in 2021.
Use Cases
- Simulating zones of snow erosion and deposition based on physics-based equations
- Assessing the effect of snow properties and fluid forcing on snow accumulation around structures
- Modelling snow movement and distribution on small-scale terrain using coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian phases
Strengths
- Model is adapted from the standard multi-phase flow solver DPMFoam, suggesting a foundation in established methods
- Model was validated using data from the MOSAiC expedition and Neumayer Station III, indicating real-world application
Limitations
- Last updated 2021-01-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Provenance
- Source
- ENVIDAT
- Collection Method
- Model implementation and application to field data.
- Geography
- Arctic sea ice (MOSAiC expedition) and Antarctic (Neumayer Station III)