Canadian sea ice terminology that is not part of the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) terminology. An area of brash ices that is not compacted.
Ground Ice formed as a direct result of Permafrost Aggradation. Ice lenses form seasonally, especially in the lower part of the Active Layer, and can be incorporated into the Permafrost if they do not
melt over a period of years.
1.The process of combining different surface characteristics from neighboring heterogeneous regions into an average value for the area. It is used in boundary layer studies for surface fluxes, drag, a
nd roughness. This process is often necessary to define surface characteristics for numerical models that have coarse horizontal grid mesh and that cannot resolve the individual surface areas. 2.The process of clumping together of snow crystals following collision as they fall to form snowflakes. This process is especially important near the melting layer where snow particles stick to each other more easily because of the liquid water on the surface. It also occurs at lower temperatures especially between dendritic snow crystals and occasionally rosette crystals in cirrus.