Influence of stress, temperature and crystal morphology on isothermal densification and specific surface area decrease of new snow

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1825-1838

  Schleef, S ^a   Lowe H ^a   Schneebeli, M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ISOTHERM; METAMORPHISM; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOLUTION; SURFACE AREA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84908077633     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-1825-2014     Document Type: Article

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