Structural evolution during ice-sphere sintering

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2034-2040

  Chen, Si ^a   Baker, Ian ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice sintering; Ice sublimation; Snow metamorphism; Water vapour condensation

Indexed keywords

DRY SNOW; HEXAGONAL CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; ICE SUBLIMATION; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; PORE SPACE; QUASI-ISOTHERMAL; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SPHERE ARRAY; STEADY-STATE HEAT TRANSFER; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL CONDITION; WATER MOLECULE; WATER VAPOUR;

CAPILLARY FLOW; CONDENSATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; SNOW; SPHERES; SUBLIMATION; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

ICE;

CONDENSATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE; SNOW; SUBLIMATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 77954356240     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7787     Document Type: Article

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