Development of a numerical simulation of water infiltration into dry snowpack for avalanche forecasting

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26750137
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Natural disaster / Disaster prevention science
• Research Institution: Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (2015); National Institute of Technology, Toyama College (2014)
• Principal Investigator: Katsushima Takafumi 国立研究開発法人 森林総合研究所, 気象環境研究領域, 研究員 (00611922)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 積雪 / 水分移動 / 数値計算モデル / MRI

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Numerical simulation of water movement in snowpack is a important method for wet-snow avalanche forecasting, although it has not been established. In this study, we observed the water infiltration into dry snowpack during cold laboratory experiments, and developed the numerical method of it. The experimental results showed the limiting process of water entering into dry pore. The numerical simulation of infiltration was improved by including this effect.

Free Research Field

雪氷学