Dual-probe heat pulse method for snow density and thermal properties measurement

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Liu, G ^a   Si, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY;

EARTH'S SURFACES; ENERGY AND WATER BALANCES; HEAT PULSE METHODS; HEAT PULSES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; SNOW DENSITIES; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DIFFUSIVITY; ENERGY BALANCE; MELTING; SNOW; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 56449114904     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034897     Document Type: Article

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