Snow bedforms: A review, new data, and a formation model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1645-1669

  Filhol, Simon ^a   Sturm, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

classification; compound surfaces; dune; sastrugi; sintering; snow bedforms

Indexed keywords

BARCHAN; BEDFORM; DUNE FORMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE ENERGY;

EID: 84944731062     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JF003529     Document Type: Review

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