The impact of accumulation rate on anisotropy and air permeability of polar firn at a high-accumulation site

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 192, 2009, Pages 625-630

  Hörhold, Maria W ^a   Albert, Mary R ^b   Freitag, Johannes ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; AIR PERMEABILITY; ANISOTROPY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DEPTH; FIRN; GEOMETRY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; RESIDENCE TIME; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 70350137324     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309789471021     Document Type: Article

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