Firnspiegel

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Term: Firnspiegel
Definition: A thin, highly reflective sheet of clear ice formed at the snow surface; formed in spring when subfreezing air temperatures combine with subsurface melting (due to penetration of solar energy into the snow).
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Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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