DISTRIBUTION OF SNOW COVER DENSITY THROUGHOUT THE USSR

The principal factors, governing the distribution of the snow cover densities throughout the USSR, are reviewed. In general, the snow cover density was found to increase with the weight of the snow, the wind velocity and the temperature changes. Within the range of 0.27 to 0.36 g/cu cm, the density...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lipovskaya,V. I.
Other Authors: FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1968
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
(*SNOW
DISTRIBUTION)
DENSITY
TERRAIN
ALTITUDE
THICKNESS
MOUNTAINS
WIND
VELOCITY
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
USSR
TRANSLATIONS
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0681269
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Summary:The principal factors, governing the distribution of the snow cover densities throughout the USSR, are reviewed. In general, the snow cover density was found to increase with the weight of the snow, the wind velocity and the temperature changes. Within the range of 0.27 to 0.36 g/cu cm, the density rises by 0.04 g/cu cm for every degree of positive temperature. It also depends on the length of time the snow cover exists. Thus, the density of snow cover triples from 0.05 to 0.15 g/cu cm while its thickness decreases by 8 to 10 times. (Author) Edited trans. of Glavnaya Geofizicheskaya Observatoriya, Leningrad. Trudy (USSR) n200 p53-58 1966, by L. Heenan. Also available as FSTC-HT-23-75-68A.

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