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Living Snow Fence Case Study: Mountain Lake, MN
	Introduction   Snowfall   Wind Direction Fetch Distance   Snow Water Equiv.   Snow Transport   Porosity   Attack Angle   Setback   Conclusions   References The fetch distance is used later to calculate mean seasonal snow transport, a variable used to find the ideal snow fence setback. Fetch can be described as the length of an area that is contributing to blowing snow to a downwind location (Tabler, 1994). The upwind boundary may consist of a large ditch, tree line, or farmstead. For the case study at Mountain Lake, the fetch distance is 700 meters.       Click any image for larger version     close this window