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Record 1 2007-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The snowpack is rapidly going isothermal. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]

OBS

Applied to a snowpack, "isothermal" means the same temperature throughout the snowpack. In the snowpack, the ground temperature is always 0°, so an isothermal snowpack is 0° from the ground to the surface. This results in widespread avalanching. Very common, every spring and after rainfall. [Reference: Grant Statham, Avalanche Specialist, Parks Canada.]

OBS

go isothermal: term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

Key term(s)
  • going isothermal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Le manteau neigeux devient rapidement isotherme. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]

OBS

devenir isotherme : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

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