Research on the Seasonal Snow of the Arctic Slope

• Main Author: Benson, C. S.
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: University of Alaska Fairbanks. Geophysical Institute. 1991
• Subjects: Phase Transformations; Mapping; Alaskan North Slope; Polar Regions; Topography; Variations 540110*; Seasonal Variations; Snow; Progress Report; Melting; Document Types; Spatial Distribution; Atmospheric Precipitations; 54 Environmental Sciences; Physical Properties; Distribution; Arctic Regions; Biological Effects; Wind; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/7077201; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1189606/

This project deals with the seasonal snow on Alaska's Arctic Slope. Although it is concentrated on snow of the R{sub 4}D project area, it is important to relate the snow cover of this area with the rest of the Arctic Slope. The goals include determination of the amount of precipitation which comes as snow, the wind transport of this snow and its depositional pattern as influenced by drifting, the physical properties of the snow, the physical processes which operate in it, the proportions of it which go into evaporation, infiltration and runoff, and the biological role of the snow cover.