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Title: AN INVESTIGATION OF INTEGRATED ASYMMETRY IN THE NEAR SURFACE VAPOUR PRESSURE GRADIENTS OF A DIURNALLY FORCED SNOWPACK.: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Simon de Villiers; Description: Diurnal recrystallization has been suggested as a mechanism for the formation of near-surface faceted crystals by, amongst others, Birkeland et al. (1...; Object ID: ISSW2024_P3.5.pdf; Keywords: diurnal recrystallization, radiation recrystallization, vapor pressure gradient, near surface faceting.; View additional details about AN INVESTIGATION OF INTEGRATED ASYMMETRY IN THE NEAR SURFACE VAPOUR PRESSURE GRADIENTS OF A DIURNALLY FORCED SNOWPACK.

Title: Measuring Snow Surface Temperature: Why, why Not, and How?: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Michael Schirmer; Description: Avalanche mitigation programs measures snow surface temperature, Tss, for up to three objectives: 1) to infer near surface faceting (NSF) from Tss and...; Object ID: ISSW16_O11.02.pdf; Keywords: surface temperature measurement, snow surface, infrared thermometers, contact thermometers, temperature gradient, near surface faceting; View additional details about Measuring Snow Surface Temperature: Why, why Not, and How?

Title: Bringing the Near Infrared Light to Practice: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Micah Johnson, Jacob Taubenheim, Drew M. Eldred, Ryan Stevenson; Description: The infrared light spectrum has proven to be an area with great potential for snow science. Most of the work performed to date has been to understand ...; Object ID: ISSW16_P2.41.pdf; Keywords: nir, probe, faceting; View additional details about Bringing the Near Infrared Light to Practice

Title: The Evolution of the 2014 'Damalanche' Facet Layer in South-Central and SouthEast Alaska: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Donald Sharaf, Michael Janes; Description: The 2014 mid to late season snowpack in the Eastern Chugach Range of Alaska presented challenges and learning for the heli-ski operations around Thomp...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O3.01.pdf; Keywords: near-surface faceting, alaska, avalanche forecasting, melt-layer recrystallization.; View additional details about The Evolution of the 2014 'Damalanche' Facet Layer in South-Central and SouthEast Alaska

Title: Monitoring Diurnal Near-Surface Faceting: Date: 2010; Authors: Brett Kobernik, Wendy Wagner; Description: Near-surface faceting produces weak snow grains at or near the snow surface and once buried has the potential to form weak layers in the snowpack str...; Object ID: ISSW_P-010.pdf; Keywords: near-surface faceting, snowpack structure, fatalities, ibuttons; View additional details about Monitoring Diurnal Near-Surface Faceting

Title: Modeling Variation of Surface Hoar and Radiation Recrystallization Across a Slope: Date: 2009; Authors: E. Adams, L. McKittrick, A. Slaughter, P. Staron, R. Shertzer, D. Miller, T. Leonard, D. McCabe, I. Henninger, D. Catharine, M. Cooperstein, K. Laveck; Description: Faceted ice crystals (plane faced grains) are frequently observed in investigations of slab snow avalanches. Morphologies of this sort can develop wh...; Object ID: issw-2009-0097-0101.pdf; Keywords: snow, metamorphism, near surface faceting, surface hoar; View additional details about Modeling Variation of Surface Hoar and Radiation Recrystallization Across a Slope

Title: Experimental Study of Radiation-Recrystallized Near-Surface Facets in Snow: Date: 2004; Authors: B.W. Morstad, E.E. Adams, L.R. McKittrick; Description: An experimental study on the formation of radiation recrystallized near-surface facets in snow was performed in an environmental chamber. This form of...; Object ID: issw-2004-124-132.pdf; Keywords: near-surface faceting, kinetic growth, metamorphism, radiation balance; View additional details about Experimental Study of Radiation-Recrystallized Near-Surface Facets in Snow