Measurements of blowing snow, part II: Mass and number density profiles and saltation height at Franklin Bay, NWT, Canada

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-85

  Gordon, Mark ^a   Savelyev, Sergiy ^a   Taylor, Peter A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blowing snow; Digital imaging; Drifting snow; Saltation; Snow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT;

BLOWING SNOW; BLOWING SNOWS; CAMERA SYSTEMS; DIGITAL IMAGING; DRIFTING SNOW; EJECTION VELOCITIES; FIELD CAMPAIGNS; FRICTION VELOCITIES; MANITOBA; MASS DENSITIES; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; NUMBER DENSITIES; OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTERS; POWER LAWS; SALTATING PARTICLES; SALTATION; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; VERTICAL PROFILES; WEAK CORRELATIONS; WEATHER EVENTS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DIGITAL IMAGE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SALTATION; SNOW; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CANADA; CHURCHILL; FRANKLIN BAY; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 55349094301     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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