Canadian survey of physical characteristics of snow-covers

Every winter, for several months, almost the whole of Canada is covered with snow. The economic consequences of this are considerable. but they have long been acceptedas commonplace and inevitable. Only recently has any attempt been made to study the properties and variations of snow scientifically....

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Main Author: Klein, G. J.
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research 1950
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spelling ftnrccanada:oai:cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.ca:cistinparc:20374728 2024-01-21T10:06:26+01:00 Canadian survey of physical characteristics of snow-covers Klein, G. J. 1950-04-01 text 124 p. https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/ft/?id=4142e30f-9078-47e0-9f80-3059d0260443 https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=4142e30f-9078-47e0-9f80-3059d0260443 https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=4142e30f-9078-47e0-9f80-3059d0260443 eng eng National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research Technical Memorandum (National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research); no. DBR-TM-15, Publication date: 1950-04-01 open access technical report 1950 ftnrccanada 2023-12-24T00:02:11Z Every winter, for several months, almost the whole of Canada is covered with snow. The economic consequences of this are considerable. but they have long been acceptedas commonplace and inevitable. Only recently has any attempt been made to study the properties and variations of snow scientifically. This is the first step towards forecasting its behavior and towards learning how best to exercise some measure of control over snow. Canadians have followed the remarkable progress made in Europe in this work and are glad to have an opportunity to pay tribute to Professor H. \V:son Ahlmann's distinguished contributions to the study of snow and glaciers. It therefore seems fitting to present in this volume the results of the first comprehensive snow study ever made of Canada. Chaque hiver, et pendant plusieurs mois, le Canada est presque entièrement recouvert de neige. Les conséquences économiques de ceci demeurent considérables, bien qu'on les perçoive depuis longtemps comme étant usuelles et inévitables. Ce n'est que récemment que l'on a tenté d'étudier les propriétés et les variations de l'enneigement de façon scientifique. Ce document représente la première étape en vue de mieux prédire le comportement de la neige et d'apprendre comment appliquer de façon optimale un certain degré de contrôle à cet égard. Les Canadiens ont suivi les progrès remarquables accomplis en Europe dans le cadre de ces travaux et sont heureux d'avoir l'occasion de rendre hommage aux contributions distinguées du professeur Hans W:son Ahlmann à l'étude de la neige et des glaciers. Il nous apparaît donc opportun de présenter dans ce volume les résultats de la première étude exhaustive sur la neige réalisée pour le Canada. Peer reviewed: No NRC publication: Yes Report glacier* National Research Council Canada: NRC Publications Archive Canada Ahlmann ENVELOPE(-65.750,-65.750,-67.867,-67.867)
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description Every winter, for several months, almost the whole of Canada is covered with snow. The economic consequences of this are considerable. but they have long been acceptedas commonplace and inevitable. Only recently has any attempt been made to study the properties and variations of snow scientifically. This is the first step towards forecasting its behavior and towards learning how best to exercise some measure of control over snow. Canadians have followed the remarkable progress made in Europe in this work and are glad to have an opportunity to pay tribute to Professor H. \V:son Ahlmann's distinguished contributions to the study of snow and glaciers. It therefore seems fitting to present in this volume the results of the first comprehensive snow study ever made of Canada. Chaque hiver, et pendant plusieurs mois, le Canada est presque entièrement recouvert de neige. Les conséquences économiques de ceci demeurent considérables, bien qu'on les perçoive depuis longtemps comme étant usuelles et inévitables. Ce n'est que récemment que l'on a tenté d'étudier les propriétés et les variations de l'enneigement de façon scientifique. Ce document représente la première étape en vue de mieux prédire le comportement de la neige et d'apprendre comment appliquer de façon optimale un certain degré de contrôle à cet égard. Les Canadiens ont suivi les progrès remarquables accomplis en Europe dans le cadre de ces travaux et sont heureux d'avoir l'occasion de rendre hommage aux contributions distinguées du professeur Hans W:son Ahlmann à l'étude de la neige et des glaciers. Il nous apparaît donc opportun de présenter dans ce volume les résultats de la première étude exhaustive sur la neige réalisée pour le Canada. Peer reviewed: No NRC publication: Yes
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