How well do we understand the influence of drifting and blowing snow in extreme environments?

Varun Sharma1, Jérôme Dujardin1, Benjamin Walter2, Franziska Gerber1 and Michael Lehning3, (1)Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, (2)WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland, (3)WSL/SLF and EPFL, Davos Dorf, Switzerland