A Field Guide to Snow

"Over my career I have led more than 30 snow expeditions, taught snow science in the classroom at the undergraduate and graduate level, and run more than a dozen field method classes all over the U.S. In the field with my students, we have worked shoulder-to-shoulder in snow pits measuring the density, grain size, and stratigraphy of the snow pack. In that setting I have tried to teach people how to read in the snow the story of the winter. Most beginners at first have trouble seeing the story: it is all just white and the same. But with time, and a little guidance, the winter world has opened up for them. That is what this book is about: just a little guidance for those who might not get a chance to dig a snow pit with me, but who want to know more about the snow"--

About the author

Matthew Sturm is professor of geophysics at the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks and the leader of the Snow-Ice-Permafrost Group at the Institute, the author of three books, and a fellow of the American Geophysical Union.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Sturm
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Behalf of U of Alaska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781602234147
• ISBN: 978-1-60223-414-7
• No. of pages: 140
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 201 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 260 g
• Series: Snowy Owl
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > General, dictionaries