Cryosphere glossary
floating (or drifting on ice) ocean buoy equipped with meteorological and/or oceanographic sensing instruments linked to transmitting equipment for sending the observed data to collecting centers.
snow raised from the surface of the earth by the wind to a height of less than 1.5 to 2.0 meters (5 to 6.6 feet) above the surface; it dose not restrict horizontal visibility at 2 meters (6.6 feet) or more above the surface.
very small, uniformly distributed water drops that appear to float while following air currents; unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground.
remnant elongated hills formed by historical glacial action; it is not clear exactly how they are formed and why they form only in some glaciated regions.
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Drumlin field. Manitoba, Canada.
frozen ground with a very low total water content consisting almost completely of interfacial water, and not cemented by ice.
a mound or layer of moraine formed along the edge of a glacier by rock that falls off the ice; sometimes called a ground moraine.
the ratio of stress to strain for a material under dynamic loading conditions.
the absolute value of the ratio between the linear strain changes, perpendicular to and in the direction of a given uniaxial stress change, respectively, under dynamic loading conditions.