Cryosphere glossary
the transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor phase, or vice versa, without passing through an intermediate liquid phase.
a glacier whose temperature regime is between polar and temperate; usually predominantly below freezing, but could experience extensive summer melt.
a layer or body of unfrozen ground beneath the seabottom, and forming part of the subsea permafrost.
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the condition when a liquid remains in the liquid state even through its temperature is below its freezing point.
cooling of a liquid to a temperature below its freezing point, without causing solidification.
the condition which occurs in the atmosphere when the relative humidity is greater than 100%.
a distinct soil micromorphology, resulting from the effects of freezing and thawing processes, in which coarser soil particles have vertical or near-vertical orientation.
the cumulative number of degree-days below 0 degrees Celsius for the surface temperature (of the ground, pavement, etc.) during a given time period.
the deposition (sublimation) of ice crystals on a surface which occurs when the temperature of the surface is colder than the air above and colder than the frost point of that air.