An attempt to describe the mechanism of surface hoar growth from valley clouds

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-88

  Colbeck, Sam ^a   Jamieson, Bruce ^b   Crowe, Steve ^c  

^a Lyme   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Mountain Safety   (Canada)

Author keywords

Snow slab avalanches; Snowpack stratigraphy; Stratus cloud; Surface hoar

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); CLOUDS; LANDFORMS; MECHANISMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW; VAPORS;

COLUMBIA; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; LATERAL FLOWS; SNOW SLAB AVALANCHES; SNOWPACK STRATIGRAPHY; STRATUS CLOUD; SURFACE HOAR; WATER VAPOR DIFFUSION;

WATER VAPOR;

AVALANCHE; DEPOSITION; HOAR FROST; SNOWPACK; STRATUS; VALLEY;

COLUMBIA MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 53049101190     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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