Slope preparation and grooming. A handbook for practitioners

Authors: Wolfsperger, F.; Rhyner, H.; Schneebeli, M.
Publishing Year: 2019
Amount: 232 Pages
Quote: Wolfsperger, F.; Rhyner, H.; Schneebeli, M., 2019: Slope preparation and grooming. A handbook for practitioners. 232 p.

Snow is one of the most complex materials on our planet, as demonstrated by the fact that many languages have more than one word for it. Scots English alone has 421 words for it! Snow is highly variable and constantly changing. There are many reasons for this, such as air and snow temperature, air humidity, snow conditions, composition (natural or machine-made snow), age, grain size and shape, compaction, slope exposure and gradient, solar radiation, longwave radiation, clouds, and wind.

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