Physical Processes in a Snow Cover (Fizicheskie Protsessy v Snegovom Pokrove)

A critical analysis is given of the three theories regarding the hardening of the snow cover - regelation, molecular, and sublimation - thermodynamic. Special attention is given the third theory which gives the most satisfactory explanation of a series of properties characteristics of the snow cover...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shakhov, A. A.
Other Authors: MINNESOTA UNIV MINNEAPOLIS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1952
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
(*SNOW
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES)
COMPACTING
WATER
CONDENSATION
WATER VAPOR
FREEZING
CRYSTAL GROWTH
DENSITY
ICE
TEMPERATURE
USSR
COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES
ABSORPTION
SUBLIMATION
THERMODYNAMICS
Kapusta
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0495997
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Summary:A critical analysis is given of the three theories regarding the hardening of the snow cover - regelation, molecular, and sublimation - thermodynamic. Special attention is given the third theory which gives the most satisfactory explanation of a series of properties characteristics of the snow cover. New data are presented in confirmation of the presence of the sublimation process within the snow and substantiating the importance of water vapor. Trans. of Izvestiia Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriia Geograficheskaia i Geofizicheskaia, 12 p239-248 1948, by Peter P. Kapusta.

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