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DESCRIPTION:Firn\, the compacted snow layer covering glaciers and ice sheet
 s\, controls how surface meltwater is stored or runs off to the ocean and t
 herefore influences sea-level rise. While firn can buffer meltwater and del
 ay runoff\, the widespread expansion of ice layers\, observed by in situ an
 d remote sensing measurements\, may limit storage and enhance runoff. Firn 
 hydrology lies at the intersection of multiphase flow\, thermodynamics\, an
 d phase change in porous media. However\, many large-scale models rely on s
 implified representations that obscure key physical processes. This talk pr
 esents recent theoretical and numerical advances toward a mechanistic under
 standing of meltwater dynamics and ice layer formation in firn across spati
 al scales\, with direct implications for next-generation ice sheet and Eart
 h system models.\n\nSpeaker-recommended reading: The Firn Symposium team. F
 irn on ice sheets. Nat Rev Earth Environ 5\, 79–99 (2024). https://doi.org/
 10.1038/s43017-023-00507-9
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LOCATION:Mitchell Earth Sciences\, 350/372
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SUMMARY:Geophysics Seminar - Mohammad Afzal Shadab\, "Towards a mechanistic
  understanding of firn hydrology"
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URL:https://events.stanford.edu/event/geophysics-seminar-mohammad-afzal-sha
 dab-towards-a-mechanistic-understanding-of-firn-hydrology
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