The Pendular-Funicular Liquid Transition and Snow Metamorphism
Abstract The influence of snow structure on the liquid water distribution is recorded by measuring the high-frequency relative permittivity. The structure is characterized by the size and the shape of the ice grains, which are derived by analyzing the static dielectric constant and by analyzing phot...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000011692 2024-03-03T08:45:59+00:00 The Pendular-Funicular Liquid Transition and Snow Metamorphism Denoth, A. 1982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000011692 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000011692 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 28, issue 99, page 357-364 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1982 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000011692 2024-02-08T08:42:50Z Abstract The influence of snow structure on the liquid water distribution is recorded by measuring the high-frequency relative permittivity. The structure is characterized by the size and the shape of the ice grains, which are derived by analyzing the static dielectric constant and by analyzing photographs of the surface of the snow samples. The liquid distribution is very sensitive to the liquid saturation and to the shape of the ice grains; it is unaffectcd by the grain size. A transition from the pendular into the funicular mode of liquid distribution occurs in the range of 7 to 18% saturation. This transitional zone is very sensitive to the structure of snow; it decreases from approximately 13 to 18% liquid saturation for new snow to 7 to 12% saturation for old, coarse-grained snow. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Journal of Glaciology 28 99 357 364 |
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Abstract The influence of snow structure on the liquid water distribution is recorded by measuring the high-frequency relative permittivity. The structure is characterized by the size and the shape of the ice grains, which are derived by analyzing the static dielectric constant and by analyzing photographs of the surface of the snow samples. The liquid distribution is very sensitive to the liquid saturation and to the shape of the ice grains; it is unaffectcd by the grain size. A transition from the pendular into the funicular mode of liquid distribution occurs in the range of 7 to 18% saturation. This transitional zone is very sensitive to the structure of snow; it decreases from approximately 13 to 18% liquid saturation for new snow to 7 to 12% saturation for old, coarse-grained snow. |
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The Pendular-Funicular Liquid Transition and Snow Metamorphism |
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The Pendular-Funicular Liquid Transition and Snow Metamorphism |
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The Pendular-Funicular Liquid Transition and Snow Metamorphism |
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