The splash function for snow from wind-tunnel measurements

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2004, Pages 71-78

  McElwaine, James N ^a   Maeno, Norikazu ^b   Sugiura, Konosuke ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FrontierObsResSystGlobalChange   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWING SNOW; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PARTICLE MOTION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 15444362036     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781815356     Document Type: Article

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