Development of saltation layer of drifting snow

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2004, Pages 35-38

  Sato, Takeshi ^a   Kosugi, Kenji ^a   Sato, Atsushi ^a  

^a National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWING SNOW; EOLIAN PROCESS; SALTATION; SNOW COVER; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 15444373337     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781815211     Document Type: Article

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