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

• 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; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0495997

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...