Statistical Analysis of the Distribution of Snow Cover Depth in Small Mountainous Areas. (Statisticheskii Analiz Raspredeleniia Glubiny Snezhnogo Pokrova na Malykh Ploshchadiakh V. Gorakh)

• Main Author: Chirkova,A A
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1978
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *MOUNTAINS; *SNOW COVER; USSR; MEASUREMENT; WATER; DEPTH; STATISTICAL SAMPLES; ESTIMATES; SURVEYS; TRANSLATIONS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SELECTION; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA054121; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA054121

This work makes an attempt to estimate the amount of snow cover in areas comparable to the dimensions of a snow (observation) post using statistical methods. The original material was the results of special snow-measuring surveys conducted in 1967, 1971 and 1972 in certain basins of western Tyan-Shan. The principles of choosing the area consisted in an attempt to find the most level parts of a slope and to hold the effect of characteristics of snow accumulation in any particular basin to a minimum. Measurements of the depth of snow cover were made along lines 50 m long rigidly held in place: in 6 cases along four mutually intersecting lines, and in 4 cases along the perimeter of a square. Distance was fixed with the aid of a measuring tape every 20 or 50 cm. A total of 28 series of snow surveys was carried out. (Author) Trans. of Tashkend. Stredneaziatskii regional'nyi nauchnoissledovatel'skii, gidrometeorologicheskii institut, trudy, v32 n113 p40-54 1977, by San Blalock.