An adjustment for kinetic growth metamorphism to improve shear strength parameterization in the SNOWPACK model

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 169-177

  Hirashima, Hiroyuki ^a   Abe, Osamu ^a   Sato, Atsushi ^a   Lehning, Michael ^b  

^a National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

^b WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depth hoar; Faceted crystals; Rounded grains; Shear strength; SNOWPACK model

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SNOW; AVALANCHE FORECASTING; DEPTH HOAR; FACETED CRYSTALS; FACETED GRAINS; GRAIN TYPES; KINETIC GROWTH; METAMORPHIC STAGES; ROUNDED GRAINS; SNOW COVERS; SNOW DENSITY; SNOWPACK MODEL; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CRYSTALS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PARAMETERIZATION; SNOW; WATER VAPOR;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

AVALANCHE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FORECASTING METHOD; GRAIN SIZE; HOAR FROST; METAMORPHISM; MODELING; SHEAR STRENGTH; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 70350116793     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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