ARCTIC The Residual Snow Cover in the Canadian Arctic in July: A Means to Evaluate the Regional Maximum Snow Depth in Winter

• Main Authors: Bernard Lauriol, Yvan Carrier, Hector Beaudet, Gilles Binda
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1986
• Subjects: Key words; snow patches; Canadian arctic climate; snowfalls; snow depth; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Ungava Peninsula; Arctic Archipelago; Baffin; glacier*; Keewatin; Labrador Sea; Ungava peninsula
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.577.1253; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic39-4-309.pdf

ABSTRACT. This paper examines the residual snow cover in the Canadian Arctic during the month of July in the period 1948-83 inclusive using air photographs. The study area includes the Ungava Peninsula, part of the District of Keewatin and the Arctic Archipelago, except for the mountainous regions t...