| Title |
Meterological Classification of Natural Snow Crystals |
| Subject |
Snow; Snow mechanics |
| Description |
From a meteorological point of view, Nakaya's classification of natural snow crystals was modified and supplemented. By this improvement of the classification, the certain inconveniences in the description of crystal shapes of natural snow crystals were removed, particularly in unsymmetrical or irregular shapes. By the use of this improved classification, the temperature and vapor supply conditions for the growth of various kinds of natural snow crystals were described. The conditions were determined by meteorological observation methods. It may be seen that the conditions are very similar to Nakaya's Ta-s diagram. This means that the Nakaya's diagram is applicable to the formation of natural snow crystals. |
| Creator |
Magono, Choji and Chung Woo Lee |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Contributors |
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Wasatch National Forest , Alta Avalanche Study Center |
| Date |
1968-09 |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Date Digital |
2009-06-16 |
| Identifier |
Meterological_Classification_of_Natural_Snow_Crystals.pdf |
| Source |
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Wasatch National Forest , Alta Avalanche Study Center |
| Language |
eng |
| Relation |
Alta Avalanche Study Center; Reprinted by permission from the Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido |
| Is Part of |
Ski Archive |
| Rights |
 |
| Provenance |
J. Willard Marriott Library, Special Collections [QC926.32] |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6rn35tv |
| Setname |
uu_altaav |
| ID |
15522 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rn35tv |
