Sentences with phrase «snowpack density»
Snowpack density in April and May measurements show a significant range in density, which changes with time and must be considered in winter balance measurements.
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The snowpack density was noted for its consistency, ranging from 0.54 - 0.56 in July, from year to year and place to place (LaChapelle, 1954; Miller and Pelto, 1999).
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When the researchers took density of snow into account, they found that ice shelves lost about five times more ice by submarine melting than they gained from new surface snowpack.
This narrow range indicates that late in the ablation season the density of snowpack on North Cascade glaciers is uniform, and need not be measured to determine mass balance.
On Lemon Creek Glacier, density was measured in a continuous profile through the snowpack during the measurement program at three locations.
Density of the snowpack at this time of year is assumed to be 0.5 Mg / m3.
In the North Cascades at the end of summer, the density of the previous winter's snowpack that remains on a glacier is remarkably consistent (Pelto, 1996; Krimmel, 1998).