Open AccessSNOWMELT PROCESSES AND APPLICATIONS
Author(s) -
Divya Upadhyay
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v45i2.1966
Subject(s) - snowmelt , snow , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , physical geography , hydrology (agriculture) , geography , geology , geotechnical engineering
Snow u a dyn :lmic material which chanee, iu texure and properties almost continuously. BesidesIhis cha Uen,ina aspect. we are also conce rned with itt role in water supply, recreation. maintenance of environmentalstandard. modifyina atmospheric:circulation and also in destructive forces like avalanche and s1ides~ Presentpaper dw. witb rollowina l '1p«1J or this subject :(i) Presentation of specific data and infonnation ilIustratina: pro perti es of snow related phenomena. Theseinformatimu hIve been collected (rom various literatu re and olhe r materials Including field observation!col lected by the author,(ii) Prucntalion of ~odolOlY and results of the following studies :(a) . deduction or thermal structure of mowpad usine equation of heat trans fer.(b) den.tty variationJ in time and space. and .(c) .nowmelt proce sses.(iil) Identification of sorne problems and outlinine the proposal for furth er studies.