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Hello, and welcome to the Snow Science Help Wiki

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About:

I originally developed this wiki to keep track of all the concepts I needed to know for my studies at the University of Calgary. I hope it helps others too.

The GOAL of this wiki is to be as simple and clear as possible. If you've arrived here looking for equations, you won't find many. Maybe some graphs, maybe some simple notation, but not much. If you're looking for more extensive mathematical help, try other sources on the web, such as Mathworld.

I originally designed this help to be helpful for a reminder, for a reference while reading journals, and for a quick introduction for terms in the snow and avalanche fields. And here is the result!

Using This Wiki:

As I am still working to get a cohesive structure into place, your best bet right now may be to try the Index or a Keyword Search.

Specific Pages of Interest:

• Mathematics Overview, including statistics
• Engineering Overview, of the structural, mechanical, and thermodynamics types
• Similar Conceptual Theories with applications to avalanche science
• Books with good avalanche and snow content

Other Off Site Help Pages Around the Web:

Some good places to also visit include:

• The CAA's Avalanche-Specific Glossary

Written by Bruce Jamieson

• The International Classification of Seasonal Snow on the Ground

Because the best thing to do when you're a scientist and overwhelmed by the mechanics of something is to break it down into its parts and classify them.

• Kenneth G. Libbrecht's Snow Crystal Primer

No one better knows how snow crystals form than a man who grows them.

• Mathworld

The saver of my mind's math muscles many times

General/Wiki Help:

Wondering how to use this site? Well....

• You can read about wikis in general, from What is a Wiki on Wikipedia
• You can Learn more about TikiWiki, the engine running this wiki
• You can browse through the science help topics through the categories above
• You can search the science help entries up at the top

Have fun!

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