Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Snow Conference (47th) Held in Bangor, Maine on 7-8 June 1990

Abstract

Partial contents: Air temperature variation over snow-covered terrain; Numerical investigation of border ice failure; Microscopic observations of snow deformation; What makes a good snow fence? Results from 12 years of testing; Ice detector measurements of atmospheric icing on a cable; Snowmelt runoff modeling using GIS parameter estimation in a Western Adirondack watershed; Monitoring the snow water equivalent using synthetic aperture radar; Operational airborne and satellite snow cover products of the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center; Developments in snow-chemistry research in the Western United States; Prototype physically-based model for prediction of the spatial distribution of snowcover; Objective guidance for 1- and 2-Day mesoscale forecasts of lake-effect snow; Effects of heavy snowfall during December 1989 in the Lake Erie Snowbelt; Comparison of Great Lakes winter severity and ice cover -- Winter 1990 vs. the historical record; Use of aeration to prevent ice buildup at gaging station controls; Restigouche river ice project; Lake Ontario Winter Storms (LOWS) project; Regional snowfall intensity and the Great Lakes anomaly; Annual balance of North Cascade, Washington glaciers predicted from climatic records.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA233320

Entities

People

  • A. Hogan
  • A. K. Abdel-zaher
  • K. M. Sambles
  • M. K. Mellander
  • M. S. Perchanok
  • P. Mccomber
  • R. E. Davis
  • R. Leconte
  • S. Shoop
  • T. R. Carroll

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Energy Transfer
  • Environmental Protection
  • Geography
  • Glaciology
  • Habitats
  • Health Services
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Meteorology
  • Ridges
  • Terrain
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Polar and Arctic Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space