Research on the seasonal snow of the Arctic Slope

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7077201· OSTI ID:7077201

Benson, C S

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.

• Research Organization: Alaska Univ., Fairbanks, AK (United States). Geophysical Inst.
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG06-84ER60245
• OSTI ID: 7077201
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/60245-6; ON: DE93003042
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540110*
ALASKAN NORTH SLOPE
ARCTIC REGIONS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
DISTRIBUTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
MAPPING
MELTING
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
POLAR REGIONS
PROGRESS REPORT
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
SNOW
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
TOPOGRAPHY
VARIATIONS
WIND