PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIPRE SNOW COMPACTION CONFERENCE (2nd) HELD AT ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ON 24-25 MAY 1951.

Abstract

Contents: DED Kapuskasing snow compaction trials, 1951; DED Fort Churchill snow compaction trials, 1951; ERDL progress in development of a pilot model snow packer; BuDocks' snow compaction program, Camp Hale, Colorado, 1950; BuDocks' snow compaction testing at Point Barrow, Alaska, 1950-51; Use of the drop cone penetrometer; Thermodynamic problems associated with compaction of snow; Preliminary snow cover maps of the Northern Hemisphere; 1951-52 DED snow compaction trials; Canadian NRC future plans.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1951
Accession Number
AD0711900

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  • Colorado
  • Continents
  • Geographic Regions
  • Hemispheres
  • Minnesota
  • North America
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Penetrometers
  • Snow
  • Snow Cover
  • United States

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  • Geotechnical Engineering.
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