The Heat and Mass Balance of Snow Dunes on the Central Antarctic Plateau
The heat-balance components of the faces of snow blocks were measured at “Plateau” station on the Antarctic plateau using micro-meteorological instrumentation. Heat-balance considerations and sublimation observations indicate considerable mass loss from the sloping snow surfaces during summer but li...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000031257 2024-03-03T08:38:15+00:00 The Heat and Mass Balance of Snow Dunes on the Central Antarctic Plateau Weller, G. 1969 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000031257 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000031257 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 8, issue 53, page 277-284 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1969 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000031257 2024-02-08T08:36:10Z The heat-balance components of the faces of snow blocks were measured at “Plateau” station on the Antarctic plateau using micro-meteorological instrumentation. Heat-balance considerations and sublimation observations indicate considerable mass loss from the sloping snow surfaces during summer but little loss from horizontal surfaces. This process tends to level the irregularities of the snow surface. The conclusions are applicable to the snow dunes forming the general accumulation pattern on the Antarctic plateau. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic Journal of Glaciology 8 53 277 284 |
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The heat-balance components of the faces of snow blocks were measured at “Plateau” station on the Antarctic plateau using micro-meteorological instrumentation. Heat-balance considerations and sublimation observations indicate considerable mass loss from the sloping snow surfaces during summer but little loss from horizontal surfaces. This process tends to level the irregularities of the snow surface. The conclusions are applicable to the snow dunes forming the general accumulation pattern on the Antarctic plateau. |
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The Heat and Mass Balance of Snow Dunes on the Central Antarctic Plateau |
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The Heat and Mass Balance of Snow Dunes on the Central Antarctic Plateau |
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The Heat and Mass Balance of Snow Dunes on the Central Antarctic Plateau |
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The Heat and Mass Balance of Snow Dunes on the Central Antarctic Plateau |
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