Evolution of individual snowflakes during metamorphism

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Si ^a   Baker, Ian ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ICE; SNOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME SERIES;

3-D IMAGE; DENDRITIC STRUCTURES; DISTANCE TRANSFORMS; DRY SNOW; GROWTH EXPONENT; ICE PARTICLES; ICE STRUCTURES; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MATRIX; MICRO CT; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PORE SPACE; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; X-RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

AGGLOMERATION;

METAMORPHISM; PORE SPACE; SNOW COVER; TIME SERIES;

EID: 78249275583     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014132     Document Type: Article

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