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🌧️ Rain on Snow: Cold Content, Ripening and the Flood Pulse (2D)

Cross-section of a snowpack under warm rain with a river hydrograph beside it. Change the snow depth and temperature, the rain intensity, duration and temperature, the wind, air temperature, liquid-water holding and the river response, and see the pack refreeze rain, ripen, release water and raise the flood peak, with four in-page numerical checks.

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Rain on Snow: Cold Content, Ripening and the Flood Pulse (2D) ↗ Open standalone
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Cross-section of a snowpack under warm rain with a river hydrograph beside it. Change the snow depth and temperature, the rain intensity, duration and temperature, the wind, air temperature, liquid-water holding and the river response, and see the pack refreeze rain, ripen, release water and raise the flood peak, with four in-page numerical checks.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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