Encyclopedia of the Arctic, Nide 1Routledge, 2005 - 2278 sivua "The Encyclopedia of the Arctic offers a rich and dynamic view of, and introduction to, an enormous, incredibly diverse, and rapidly changing part of the world. Its three volumes comprise overviews of hundreds of topics, events, places, people, human cultures, animals, and environments, ranging from geological history, exploration, the cultures and livelihoods of indigenous peoples, geopolitics, international environmental cooperation, natural history, physical processes, life sciences, and environmental change."--Page xxxix. |
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... snow - covered surface is significantly higher , and can reach about 0.9 in the case of freshly fallen dry snow . Consequently , there is a strong latitudinal gradient of albedo , illustrated by the figure above . The figure shows that ...
... snow - covered surface is significantly higher , and can reach about 0.9 in the case of freshly fallen dry snow . Consequently , there is a strong latitudinal gradient of albedo , illustrated by the figure above . The figure shows that ...
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... snow buntings that became isolated there c.10,000 years ago . Males of both species are striking- ly black and white in the breeding season : snow buntings have a black back whereas McKay's are black only on their wings and tail . These ...
... snow buntings that became isolated there c.10,000 years ago . Males of both species are striking- ly black and white in the breeding season : snow buntings have a black back whereas McKay's are black only on their wings and tail . These ...
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Mark Nuttall. in melting snow . When warm , moist air passes over snow , there is a rapid condensation of moisture on the . cold snow surface and the release of large quantities of latent heat , which can melt the snow . The conductivi ...
Mark Nuttall. in melting snow . When warm , moist air passes over snow , there is a rapid condensation of moisture on the . cold snow surface and the release of large quantities of latent heat , which can melt the snow . The conductivi ...
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