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Field determination of free water content in wet snow

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Conference1956 Western Snow Conference
Subjectsnow (snowfall); compacity; physical properties
Abstract
A field method of determining the free water content of snow by measuring the density to which wet snow can be compacted was investigated. Experimental tests show that there is a good relationship between free water content and compacted density especially for settled and coarse spring snow and for water contents above 5 percent. It is considered that the main value of taking compacted densities will be to give information on the physical structure of wet snow during tests.
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  • 1956 Proceedings of the Western Snow Conference. (1956): 16–20.
LanguageEnglish
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IdentifierDBR-RP-26
NRC numberNRCC 4110
NRC-IRC-246
NPARC number20374935
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