The Mountain Snowpack as an Environmental Indicator

The purpose of the research program reported upon herein was to gain an improved understanding of the interrelationships existing between the seasonal mountain snowpack and climate and terrain. The field investigations were carried out in the mountains of southwestern Montana over four winter season...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Super, Arlin B.
Other Authors: MONTANA STATE UNIV BOZEMAN
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*MOUNTAINS
*SNOW
VOLUME
ENVIRONMENTS
CORRELATION TECHNIQUES
ALTITUDE
INFRARED EQUIPMENT
MONTANA
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
CLIMATOLOGY
RADIOMETERS
WIND
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REMOTE SENSING
Bridger
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0735696
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0735696
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Summary:The purpose of the research program reported upon herein was to gain an improved understanding of the interrelationships existing between the seasonal mountain snowpack and climate and terrain. The field investigations were carried out in the mountains of southwestern Montana over four winter seasons. Most of the studies were conducted in the Bridger Mountain Range near Bozeman, Montana. The investigation evolved into three main areas of emphasis: Snowpack accumulation as related to terrain and meteorological factors. Remote sensing of snow surface temperature by infrared radiometry. Study of some of the physical properties of the seasonal mountain snowpack through snowpit sampling.

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