Textile protection of snow and ice: Measured and simulated effects on the energy and mass balance

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 126-141

  Olefs, M ^a   Lehning, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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

Author keywords

Geotextile; Glacier; Ice engineering; Snow engineering; Snow farming; Snowpack

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION LIMIT; ENERGY FLUXES; GLACIER ICE; MASS BALANCE; MASS CHANGE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MODEL ERRORS; MODEL INPUTS; PHYSICALLY BASED; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SNOW AND ICE; SNOW COVERS; SNOWPACK; UPPER LIMITS;

GEOTEXTILES; GLACIERS; HEAT FLUX; ICE; ICE CONTROL; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; SNOW; THERMAL EVAPORATION; THERMAL INSULATION;

SURFACES;

ENERGY BALANCE; GEOTEXTILE; GLACIER; ICE MECHANICS; MASS BALANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SIMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK;

EID: 77952950662     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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