Seasonal evolution of snow permeability under equi-temperature and temperature-gradient conditions

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1915-1929

  Domine, F ^a   Morin, S ^b   Brun, E ^c   Lafaysse, M ^b   Carmagnola, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR PERMEABILITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMERGY; METAMORPHISM; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWPACK; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84890896970     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-1915-2013     Document Type: Article

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