Surface Climate and SnowWeather Relationships of the Kuparuk Basin
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CONTENTS
Preface ................................................................................................................... ii
Contents ................................................................................................................ iii
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Introduction and Background.......................................................................... 1
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Site Descriptions ............................................................................................. 5
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Meteorological Instrumentation ...................................................................... 7
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Results ............................................................................................................. 9
Temperature Data Averaging .......................................................................... 9
Temperatures ................................................................................................. 10
Winds ............................................................................................................ 17
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Snow Cover ................................................................................................... 27
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Discussion ..................................................................................................... 31
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Summary and Conclusions............................................................................ 36
Literature Cited .................................................................................................... 38