Three examples where the specific surface area of snow increased over time

Cryosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-39

  Domine, F ^a   Taillandier, A S ^a   Cabanes, A ^a   Douglas, T A ^b   Sturm, M ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; SNOW; SUBLIMATION; SURFACE AREA; TRANSFORMATION; WIND FORCING;

EID: 75749156643     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-3-31-2009     Document Type: Article

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