Seasonal Snow Cover: A Guide for Measurement, Compilation and Assemblage of Data, Issue 2UNESCO/IASH/WMO, 1970 - 38 pages |
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ablation season albedo altitude Areal average Areal extent Assemblage of Data avalanche blowing snow centimetres climatic snow line Compilation and Assemblage coverage crystals daily new snow deposited snow depth and water Depth hoar diameter drifting and blowing drifting snow equivalent of snow exposure extent of snow firn line free water content given glaciers graphic symbols ground horizontal area hydrological ICSI isolines IUGG kg/m³ line limit maximum snow depth measuring points melting metamorphism meteorological millimetres névé Observation sites orifice pluviometers Quervain representation sampler sampling Seasonal Snow Cover Secondary stations single slope Snow and Aval snow course snow deposit snow drift snow gauges snow increment snow layers snow masses snow measurements snow pack snow profiles snow surface Snow temperature snow-cover snowfall stakes Sum of daily Surface hoar thermal insulation tion Total snow depth Unesco unmanned stations variation of snow vertical wind world inventory WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION