On the saltation of fresh snow in a wind tunnel: profile characterization and single particle statistics [PDF]
, 2008 We present experimental results on the snow drift in a turbulent boundary layer over a flat fresh snow-covered surface. Vertical profiles of mass flux and of the distribution of particle diameters were obtained by means of a pair of Snow Particle ...
Manes, C. +7 more
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Journal of Glaciology, 2016 Measurements of the mechanical properties of snow are essential for improving our understanding and the prediction of snow failure and hence avalanche release. We performed fracture mechanical experiments in which a crack was initiated by a saw in a weak
ALEC VAN HERWIJNEN +5 more
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Snow Mechanics Near the Ductile‐Brittle Transition: Compressive Stick‐Slip and Snow Microquakes
Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 The rate‐dependent mechanical response of snow is commonly believed to directly inherit the ductile‐to‐brittle transition (DBT) from the viscoplastic ice matrix.
H. Löwe +3 more
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Soil mechanics papers presented at the Building Research Congress 1951
, 1952 A Building Research Congress was organized in Great Britain in connection with the Festival of Britain during the summer of 1951. Although as first conceived the Congress was a modest enterprise, it developed into an international gathering of real ...
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Evaluation of snow cover and depth simulated by a land-surface model using detailed regional snow observations from Austria [PDF]
, 2010 An evaluation is undertaken of the accuracy with which the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) can simulate snow cover and depth when driven using data from the Hadley Centre Regional Climate Model.
Thomas Lafon +8 more
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Adhesion of Wet Snow to Different Cable Surfaces [PDF]
Cohesion of snow and its adhesion to cable surfaces are the decisive factors for wet-snow shedding from power-line cables. Knowing the adhesive strength of snow is essential to predict when snow will shed and what consequences it will have on the ...
Hefny, Reham +3 more
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Implications of spatial distributions of snow mass and melt rate for snow-cover depletion: observations in a subarctic mountain catchment [PDF]
, 2004 Spatial statistics of snow water equivalent (SWE) and melt rate were measured using spatially distributed, sequential ground surveys of depth and density in forested, shrub and alpine tundra environments over several seasons within a 185 km(2) mountain ...
Pomeroy, J +2 more
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A mechanism for the photochemical transformation of nitrate in snow [PDF]
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2007 Photochemical reactions of trace compounds in snow have important implications for the composition of the atmospheric boundary layer in snow-covered regions and for the interpretation of concentration profiles in snow and ice regarding the composition of the past atmosphere.
Hans-Werner Jacobi, Birgit Hilker
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Monitoring and prediction in early warning systems for rapid mass movements [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2015 Rapid mass movements (RMM) pose a substantial risk to people and infrastructure. Reliable and cost-efficient measures have to be taken to reduce this risk. One of these measures includes establishing and advancing the state of practice in the application
M. Stähli +11 more
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On the evolution of snow roughness during snow fall
, 2007 The deposition and attachment mechanism of settling snow crystals during snowfall dictates the very initial structure of ice within a natural snowpack.
Manes, C. +7 more
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