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wind-transported snow — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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wind-transported snow

Scope: climate

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on wind-transported snow with 15 nodes and 37 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Snodgrass Mountain, Avalanche hazards, avalanche runout distance.

Definition

Snow redistribution by wind from exposed areas into avalanche starting zones, increasing avalanche volume

Related Terms (2)

wind transportsnow transport

Publications (1)

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Avalanche Size increase resulting from tree removal and wind loading- a case study from central Colorado using Aval-1D

2006

wind-transported snow

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Publications (1)

Avalanche Size increase resulting from tree removal and wind loading- a case study from central Colorado using Aval-1D

Related Concepts (4)

Avalanche hazards

avalanche runout distance

design-magnitude avalanche

extreme value statistics