Table 2 Physical parameters of the snow cover.
Treatment | Snow temperature, °C | Snow water content, % | Snow density, g/cm3 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
upper | middle | bottom | mean | upper | middle | bottom | mean | upper | middle | bottom | mean | |
Natural snow | −11.9 | −10.2 | −9.8 | −10.6 | 28.3 | 21.4 | 26.9 | 25.5 | 0.127 | 0.157 | 0.127 | 0.137 |
Compacted snow | −10.5 | −9.3 | −8.1 | −9.3 | 38.2 | 31.2 | 33.1 | 34.2 | 0.197 | 0.231 | 0.208 | 0.212 |
Thick snow | −10.1 | −9.8 | −7.6 | −9.17 | 31.5 | 28.7 | 27.3 | 29.2 | 0.129 | 0.137 | 0.151 | 0.139 |