Use of low-temperature scanning electron microscopy to compare and characterize three classes of snow cover

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Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 191-203

  Foster, James ^a   Kelly, Richard ^b   Rango, Albert ^c   Armstrong, Richard ^d   Erbe, Eric F ^e   Pooley, Christopher ^e,f   Wergin, William P ^e,f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth hoar; Low temperature scanning electron microscopy; Snow cover; Snow crystal

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RADIATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND;

LOW-TEMPERATURE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNOW COVER; SNOW CRYSTAL;

SNOW;

SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE TUNDRA; ARTICLE; AVALANCHE; CLIMATE; CRYSTAL; DENSITY; DISASTER; FIELD STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHYSICS; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNOW COVER; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; TAIGA; WIND;

CLIMATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNOW; WIND;

EID: 33746998450     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.4950280401     Document Type: Article

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