USA CRREL Snow and Ice Testing Equipment.

The paper summarizes available information on the history, development, and application of three items of special equipment designed or modified by USA CRREL for testing and sampling snow and ice. These items have become universally known and accepted, providing measurement techniques that are used,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ueda,Herbert, Sellmann,Paul, Abele,Gunars
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1975
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Test Facilities
Equipment and Methods
*TEST EQUIPMENT
*SNOW
*ICE REPORTING
THICKNESS
COLD REGIONS
PENETROMETERS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
ARMY OPERATIONS
SAMPLERS
AUGERS
CUTTING
DRILLS
CORE SAMPLING
Design
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA015512
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA015512
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Summary:The paper summarizes available information on the history, development, and application of three items of special equipment designed or modified by USA CRREL for testing and sampling snow and ice. These items have become universally known and accepted, providing measurement techniques that are used, in some cases, on an international basis. The equipment described includes the 3-in. ice coring auger, the ice thickness kit, and the Rammsonde.

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