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A Field Guide to Snow
About this book
People love snow. They love to ski and sled on it, snowshoe through it, and watch it fall from the sky. They love the way it blankets a landscape, making it look tranquil and beautiful. Few people, however, know how snow works. What makes it possible for us to slip and slide over, whether that's falling on sidewalks or skiing down a mountain? What makes it cling to branches and street signs? What qualities of snow lead to avalanches?
In A Field Guide to Snow, veteran snow scientist Matthew Sturm answers those questions and more. Drawing on decades of study, he explains in clear and simple ways how and why snow works the way it does. The perfect companion a ski trip or a hike in the snowy woods, A Field Guide to Snow will give you a new appreciation for the science behind snow's beauty.
In A Field Guide to Snow, veteran snow scientist Matthew Sturm answers those questions and more. Drawing on decades of study, he explains in clear and simple ways how and why snow works the way it does. The perfect companion a ski trip or a hike in the snowy woods, A Field Guide to Snow will give you a new appreciation for the science behind snow's beauty.
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A Field Guide to Snow
Note: page numbers followed by f and t refer to figures and tables respectively.
a-axis growth of ice crystals, 26, 27f, 34
accretion, in snowflake formation, 21
active layer of permafrost, 122
aggregation, in snowflake formation, 19f, 21
aging of snow. See dry snow metamorphism
agriculture, and snow melt water, 7, 108–9, 124, 171
Agriculture Department, monitoring of stockpiled snow by, 124–25, 164
aircraft, ski landing gear, 142, 142f
air trapped in snow. See porosity (φ) of snow
Alaska, earliest inhabitants of, 145
albedo (reflectivity), definition of, 112
albedo (reflectivity) of snow
amount of solar energy reflected, 113–16
changes in, and melt modeling, 128–29, 130f
contaminants in snow and, 116
cooling of Earth by (cryospheric radiative forcing), 108, 113–16
and eye protection, 110, 110f, 112
measurement and computation of, 112, 114f
vs. other surfaces, 108, 113, 115f
plants and, 161, 161f
variation with light wavelength, 117, 118f
variation with snow age, 108, 116
American Avalanche Association, 55
animals
climate change and, 171
tracks, identification of, 156f
animals’ adaptations to winter, 147–56
behavioral adaptations, 148, 151–53
circulatory system adaptations, 148
long legs as, 147, 154–55
snowshoe-like feet as, 147, 153–55, 154f, 154t, 155f
thick fur or downy feathers as, 147–48, 150f
under-snow burrows, 151
white fur/feathers as, 147, 148
arcs, diamond dust and, 42, 44f
Arctic sea ice, effect of snowfall on, 122
Army Corps of Engineers, monitoring of stockpi...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Where Is Snow?
- The Crystal Factory
- Snowflakes
- Snow Layers and Weather
- Metamorphism: Snow in the Crucible
- The Great White Blanket
- Snow and Living Things
- Further Reading
- Index