Physical Investigations of the Seasonal Mountain Snowpack: Bridger Range, Montana.

• Main Authors: Super,Arlin B., McPartland,John T., Mitchell,Val L.
• Other Authors: MONTANA STATE UNIV BOZEMAN
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*SNOW; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES); (*MONTANA; SNOW); PERIODIC VARIATIONS; SAMPLING; DENSITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SHEAR STRESSES; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LOADS(FORCES); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; *SNOWPACK; Bridger; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0736846; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0736846

Information on several mountain snow pack parameters was obtained from a number of snowpits dug in the Bridger Mountains of southwestern Montana. The data were collected during three winters from a total of three sites. The parameters studied included depth, density, age, grain size, ram resistance,...