Wind scour

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Term: Wind scour
Definition: The entrainment and removal of surface snow by the wind. The resulting windborne snow may be re-deposited elsewhere in more sheltered parts of the glacier surface, or may be transported off the glacier.
GCW IHPGlacierMassBalance
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
Contributed by GCW Glossary
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