Snow metamorphism under alternating temperature gradients: Morphology and recrystallization in surface snow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Pinzer, B R ^a   Schneebeli, M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; ICE MASS; LOWER ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; METAMORPHIC PROCESS; QUASI-ISOTHERMAL; RECRYSTALLIZATIONS; SIGN-CHANGE; SNOW CRYSTALS; SURFACE SNOW; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CRYSTALS; PLASMAS; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); THERMAL GRADIENTS; TOMOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE;

SNOW;

AIR-SNOW INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; METAMORPHISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SNOW; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 72049111739     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039618     Document Type: Article

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