Role of Certain Natural Factors in the Formation of Snow Avalanches

Abstract

Problems connected with the effect of atmospheric conditions have defining significance for railroad building in mountainous and taiga terrain and also for successful protection of the operated railroads from snow avalanches. From this comes the necessity of investigating the effect of meteorological conditions considering the relief and afforestation of the area on the occurrence of avalanches. In this article an effort is made to establish at least approximately the effect of air temperature, amount of precipitation, the wind rose diagram and the snow transport connected with it on the formation of snow avalanches in one section of the Kuybyshev Railroad.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0720059

Entities

People

  • Yu. A. Marin

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Avalanches
  • Meteorological Data
  • Observation
  • Precipitation
  • Railroad Tracks
  • Railroads
  • Snow
  • Snow Cover
  • Stations
  • Tracks
  • Transport Ships
  • Transportation
  • Weather
  • Weather Stations
  • Wind
  • Wind Direction
  • Wind Velocity

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design