Linking the effective thermal conductivity of snow to its shear strength and density

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Domine, Florent ^a,b   Bock, Josué ^a   Morin, Samuel ^c   Giraud, Gérald ^c  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PREDICTION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SNOW; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ALASKA; ALPS; ARCTIC; NORTH POLE; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82955160808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002000     Document Type: Article

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