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dc.contributor.author | Diamond, Marvin | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gerdel, Robert W. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-14T19:23:19Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-14T19:23:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1957-04 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/2714 | - |
dc.description | Research Report | - |
dc.description | Summary: Blowing snow is a major weather phenomenon on the northwest Greenland Ice Cap. It occurs most often in winter and is at a minimum during the months of June, July, and August. Blowing snow is most commonly associated with winds of more than 20 knots; however, blowing snow occurs about 30% of the time when wind velocities are between 15-19 knots. Very little blowing snow occurs at wind velocities of less than 15 knots. During periods of blowing snow, visibility is usually greater than 1 mile when wind speeds are less than 20 knots and decreases to less than 1 mile when wind velocities exceed 20 knots. Blowing snow occurs most frequently during periods when air temperatures are between 10 to 14°F and -11 to -25°F at Site 1 and between -1 to -20°F and -41 to -45°F at Site 2. Periods of continuous blowing snow are usually less than 24 hr in duration and almost half of all such periods are less than 6 hr in duration. | - |
dc.publisher | U.S. Army Snow, Ice, and Permafrost Research Establishment. | - |
dc.publisher | Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) | - |
dc.relation | http://acwc.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/1020260 | - |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Research report (U.S. Army Snow | - |
dc.rights | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. | - |
dc.source | This Digital Resource was created from scans of the Print Resource | - |
dc.subject | Greenland | - |
dc.subject | Snow | - |
dc.subject | Visibility | - |
dc.subject | Meteorology | - |
dc.subject | Climate | - |
dc.subject | Weather | - |
dc.subject | Blowing snow | - |
dc.title | Occurrence of blowing snow on the Greenland ice cap | - |
dc.type | Report | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | Research Report |
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