Design-based stereology to quantify structural properties of artificial and natural snow using thin sections

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 79-80, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-74

  Riche, F ^a   Schneebeli, M ^a   Tschanz, S A ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Design based stereology; Grain boundary; Snow; Specific surface area; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

STEREOLOGICAL METHODS; STEREOLOGY; THIN SECTION; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

DESIGN; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SNOW; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; X RAYS;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

DESIGN; GRAIN BOUNDARY; SNOW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861339299     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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