The thermal conductivity of seasonal snow

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 43, Issue 143, 1997, Pages 26-41

  Sturm, Matthew ^a   Holmgren, Jon ^a   König, Max ^b   Morris, Kim ^b  

^a Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEASONAL SNOW; SNOW; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0031413310     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000002781     Document Type: Article

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