Observations and simulations of the formation of the faceted snow crystals in the weak-layer of the 1998 Niseko Haru no Taki avalanche

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-247

  McElwaine, J ^a   Hachikubo, A ^a   Nemoto, M ^a   Kaihara, T ^a   Yamada, T ^a   Nishimura, K ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crocus model; Faceted crystals; Snow avalanches; Snow metamorphism

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CROCUS MODEL; FACETED CRYSTAL; SNOW METAMORPHISM;

SNOW;

AVALANCHE; CRYSTAL; SNOW;

JAPAN;

EID: 0034534690     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-232X(00)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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