COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MONOGRAPH 1-A: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COLD REGIONS

• Main Author: Gerdel,Robert W.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1969
• Subjects: Meteorology; (*CLIMATE; POLAR REGIONS); ICE; SOILS; PERMAFROST; SNOW; FREEZING; MELTING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; DEW POINT; SEA ICE; ARCTIC REGIONS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; HOARFROST; Antarctic; Arctic; Antarc*; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0695661; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0695661

The monograph gives a brief introduction to total cold environments preparatory to the more detailed treatments of the later works in the series 'Cold Regions Science and Engineering.' The author's photographs are particularly effective and a selected bibliography of 64 references gives overall coverage. (Author)