Blowing snow studies in the Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study, 2003-04

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 817-827

  Savelyev, S A ^a   Gordon, M ^a   Hanesiak, J ^b   Papakyriakou, T ^b   Taylor, P A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Blowing snow; Drifting snow; Snow; Visibility

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HEAT FLUX; RADIATION COUNTERS; SUBLIMATION; VISIBILITY; WIND EFFECTS;

BLOWING SNOW; DRIFTING SNOW; SNOW PARTICLE COUNTERS;

SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HEAT FLUX; RADIATION COUNTERS; SNOW; SUBLIMATION; VISIBILITY; WIND EFFECTS;

BLOWING SNOW; FIELD SURVEY; PARTICLE MOTION; VISIBILITY;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644913133     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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