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NEIGE NON TASSEE [1 record]

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Record 1 1979-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climatology
  • Polar Geography
CONT

Loose-snow avalanches initiate in a surface layer that lacks cohesion, either in a layer of dry and unsintered snow or in a very wet layer.

OBS

to sinter: to become a coherent mass from heating without melting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Climatologie
  • Géographie du froid
OBS

Un réchauffement (...) diminue la résistance et la cohésion [du manteau neigeux] (...). Un refroidissement (...) gêne la métamorphose de la neige et son tassement.

OBS

La cohésion (...) augmente avec le tassement naturel de la neige (...)

Spanish

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