A general treatment of snow microstructure exemplified by an improved relation for thermal conductivity

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1473-1480

  Lowe H ^a   Riche, F ^a   Schneebeli, M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY; PORE SPACE; SNOW; SNOWPACK; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84885098532     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-1473-2013     Document Type: Article

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